纪录片美丽中国__中英文解说词
纪录片《美丽中国》《第一集》(上)
纪录片《美丽中国》《第一集》（上）---中文对照翻译（SQUA WKING）NARRA TOR:The last hidden world,China.最后一个隐秘的世界，中国。
For centuries,travellers to China have told tales of magical landscape and surprising creatures.几世纪以来，到过中国的游客一直描述着中国迷人的山水风景及令人惊叹的珍禽异兽Chinese civilisation is the world’s oldest and today,its largest with well over a billion people.中国文明是世界上最古老的其人口是世界上最庞大的总数超过10亿It is home to more than 50 distinct ethnic groups and a wide range of traditional lifestyles,often in close partnership with nature.它是50多种特殊民族赖以为生的家各形各色的传统生活方式通常与周遭的自然息息相关We know that China faces immense social and environmental problems,but there is great beauty here,too.虽然中国面临着巨大的社会及环境保护问题但还是有它最美的一面China is home to the world’s highest mountains,vast deserts ranging from searing hot to mind-numbing cold.中国有世界上最高的山脉最宽广的沙漠其温差可从灼热高温降到令人麻痹的寒冷Steaming forests harbouring rare creatures.云雾弥漫的森林庇护着稀有动物Grassy plains beneath vast horizons.一望无际的旷野草原And rich tropical seas.丰饶的热带丛林Now for the first time ever,we can explore the whole of this great country,meet some of the surprising and exotic creatures that live here and consider the relationship of the people and wildlife of China to the remarkable landscape in which they live.现在有史以来第一次能够完整地探索这个美好国度接触当地一些令人惊奇的稀有生物进而探讨中国人民及野生动植物与所住的非凡山水之间的互动关系。
美丽中国第一集中英文字幕 讲解版
前2：10使用The last hidden world, China.For centuries, travelers to China have told tales of magical landscapes and surprising creatures.Chinese civilization is the world's oldest and today, its largest, with well over a1.3 billion people.It's home to more than 50 distinct ethnic groups and a wide range of traditional lifestyles,often in close partnership with nature.We know that China faces immense social and environmental problems, but there is great beauty here, too.China is home to the world's highest mountains, vast deserts ranging from searing hot to mind-numbing cold, steaming forests harboring rare creatures, grassy plains beneath vast horizons and rich tropical seas. Now for the first time ever, we can explore the whole of this great country, meet some of thesurprising and exotic creatures that live here and consider the relationship of the people and wild life of China to the remarkable landscape in which they live.This is wild China.最后的隐世净土中国数世纪来，旅人传诵着关于这片神奇土地，以及那些神奇生物的传说。
纪录片美丽中国6英语字幕文稿
From the eastern end of the Great Wall, China’s coast spans 14500 kilometresand more than 5000 years of history. This is the area which shows the greatest contrast between China's past and its future. Today China's eastern seaboards home to 700 million people, packed into some of the most dazzling hi-tech cities on earth. Yet these crowded shores remain hugely important for a wealth of wildlife. Now, as ancient traditions mingle with new aspirations, is there any room at all for wildlife on China's crowded shores?In northern China's Haling Nature Reserve, a pair of red-crowned cranes have staked out their nesting territory in the stubble of a commercially managed reed bed. For centuries, cranes have been revered in Chinas symbols of longevity. Their statues were placed next to the Emperor's throne. The cranes have cause to celebrate. This chick is a sign of hope in difficult times. Red-crowned cranes are one of the world's most endangered species. Over the last century, China has lost nearly half of its coastal wetlands and most of what remains is managed for the benefit of people, not wildlife. A few months from now, this chick and its parents will face a long migration south to escape the harsh northern winter. Their route will take them along a coast which has been greatly affected by human activity. Along their journey, the cranes will be joined by many thousands of other migrating birds. All heading south across the Bahia Gulfand along the shores of the Yellow and East China Seas, some even reaching as far as the South China Seain search of a safe winter haven. The annual bird migration has been going on for thousands of years. Here at Mount Jinping on China's northeast coast, there is surprising evidence that people have lived here almost as long. Seven thousand years ago, members of the Shao Hao tribe carved magical symbols representing significant elements of their daily lives. The petro glyphs show wheat sheaves connected by lines to human figures, the first known recordings of cultivation in China. Familiar with the spectacle of yearly bird migrations, the Shao Hao people chose a symbol of a bird as their totem. Mount Jinping lies near the Shandong peninsula, an important wintering site for migrantbirds, and even today there are still communities along this coastline who retain a special affinity with their local birdlife.Yandun Jiao village, on the north-eastern shore of the peninsula, is famous for its traditional seaweed-thatched cottages. On a chilly morning in early spring,Mr and Mrs Qu venture out at first lightarmed with the traditional seaside accessories of bucket and spade.As the Qus head down into the harbour,a flock of whooper swans,known affectionately here as "winter angels",are waking out in the bay.The Qus and their neighbours search for tube holesin the mud at low tide,the sign of cockles and razor shells hidden deep below.While gathering shellfish is a popular pastime,the main business of Yandun Jiao happens further out at sea.As the boats set out, with Mr Qu on board,the swans set a parallel course.The whole of the bay is a gigantic seaweed farm.The men work all day cleaning and tending the kelp frondsthat are grown on ropes linked to a vast armada of buoys.The swans eat native seaweeds growing on the surface ropesrather than the valuable crop of kelp,so they do no harm to the commercial operation. In the afternoon, as the wind picks up out at sea,the workers and swans return to shore.While the culture of seeking balance with nature goes back a long way in China,it is rare to see such harmonious relationships on China's crowded coast.As evening draws on,the Qu family prepare their evening meal of cockles,steamed bread and seaweed.Leftovers are given to the village children to feed the swans.It's fun for the kids and providesan extra energy boost for the birds as they face another cold night.The swans have been using this sheltered beat as a winter refuge for many generations.As long as the tradition of respect for nature persists, this remarkable association between the Yandun Jiao community and their winter angels looks set to continue. Out in the Bahia Gulf, northeast of the swan village, a small rocky island provides a quiet resting spot for migrating birds. But Shihao Island has hidden dangers.Pallas' pit vipers trapped here , years ago by rising sea levels have evolved a sinister lifestyle. For months of the year there is nothing substantialto eat on the island, so the reptiles conserve their energy by barely moving at all. As the sun warms their rocky home, the snakes climb up into the bushes and trees.But they aren't here to sunbathe. More and more vipers appear until virtually every perch where a bird might land has been booby-trapped. Then the waiting game begins. The serpents' camouflage is remarkable, but so are the birds' reactions, as this high-speed shot reveals. The birds will only stay on the island for a couple of weeks. But although the snakes have been starving for months, their only hope of bagging a meal is to be patient and sit tight. The slightest miscalculation and the snake is left with a mouthful of feathers. The dropped meal is tracked down mainly by smell, the viper using its forked tongue to taste the air until it is close enough to see its quarry. The final challenge is to swallow a meal that's twice the size of its head. It does so by dislocating its jaws and positioning its preys the beak is pointing backwards. For the reptiles, this time of plenty is all too brief. In a couple of weeks, the migration will be overhand the birds will have moved on. This could be the snake's last meal for six months. But it isn't just islands that experience cycles of feast and famine. The sea, too, has its seasons, a fact well known to fishing communities along the neighboring coasts. In Chewing harbour,the start of a new fishing season provides the excuse for a massive party. But for boat owner Mr Zhao, it’s a day of prayer as well as celebration. Zhao hopes that by presenting gifts and showing respect to the sea goddess, he can help ensure a prosperous and safe year ahead for him and his crew. Meanwhile, drums, firecrackers and fireworks reflect the ancient belief that loud noises will frighten off dangerous sea devils and bad fortune. Occupying centre stage is a representation of the sea dragon, mythical ruler of water and weather. In the calm of the evening,Mr Zhao and his family light paper boat lanterns.Each flickering flame carries a wish to the sea goddess, a tradition passed on from parents to children over countless generations. On China's crowded coasts, fishermen need to be extremely resourceful. Hauling in the netsis hard work, and so far there's not a fish in sight. Only jellyfish. Each year, millions of jellyfish are carried south with the currents in the Bahia Gulf. The ecological story behind this event is complex, but by no means unique to China. Jellyfish are fast-breeding plankton feeders. In recent years, human sewage and fertilizers from intensive farming have increased plankton blooms in the Gulf, providing extra jellyfish food. While over-fishing has reduced their enemies and competitors. It’s a phenomenon that has become increasingly widespread across the world's seas. However, what is seen elsewhere as a problem, in China is perceived as an opportunity. Back on shore, mule carts transport the jellyfish to nearby warehouses where they will be processed and sold as food all over China. Four generations tuck into a bowl of sliced jellyfish, the recipe for a long and healthy life.Leaving the Bahia Gulf behind, migrating cranes, spoonbills and ducks are joined by other birds, all heading south in search of a safe winter haven. The birds' migration route follows the coast of the Yellow Sea down into Jiangsu Province, a fertile agricultural landscape with some of the last remaining salt marshes in China. At Dafeng,a small salt marsh reserve is home to an animal which is lucky to be alive. The Chinese see these Milo as a curious composite animal, with a horse's head, cow’s feet, a tail like a donkey and backwards-facing antlers. In the West, we know it as Peer David's Deer, after the first European to describe it. During the rut, stags decorate themselves with garlands of vegetation collected in their antlers. Fierce battles decide mating rights. The females still have last year's fawns in tow. They haven't been weane d by the time of the rut and band together in large crèches, only returning to their mothers to feed. This unique behavior helps to keep them clear of the aggressive males. Today, there are just , Milo in China, but it is remarkable that there are any at all. In the early s Milo became extinct in the wild, but luckily, some of the Imperial herd had been sent as a gift to Europe. Those at Woburn Abbey, in England, prospered. And in the early s, of the deer were returned to their homeland where they continue tothrive. The migrating cranes have so far travelled over 2000 kilometers southwards along the coast. Passing the Milo Deer Reserve at Dafeng,they are approaching another salt marsh which will provide the perfect conditions for them to spend the winter. This is Yanting, the largest coastal wetland in China, visited by an estimated three million birds each year. Crane chicks that were only born seven months ago have now completed the first leg of a round trip which they will repeat every year.The hardy cranes can cope with winter temperatures which may drop below freezing. However, other migrating birds, like the endangered black-faced spoonbill, are less cold-tolerant and will continue even further south in search of warmer climes. At this point, many of the migrating bird flocks are barely halfway along their southward journey. Ahead of them lies a new challenge, China’s greatest river, the Yangtze, and the venue for a very different kind of migration. Each year, millions of tons of cargo travel up and down the river, making this one of the busiest waterways in the world. These are Chinese mitten crabs, named for their strange hairy claws. They may migrate as much as 1500 kilometers from tributaries and lakes to the river mouth, where they gather to breed. A similar migration is made by the giant Yangtze sturgeon, which can reach four metres long and weigh half a ton. In recent years, its numbers have declined dramatically as its migration is impede d by ever more river dams. But it isn't just animals like the sturgeon that are in trouble, the entire Yangtze River ecosystem is being poisoned. In spite of being the subject of an ambitious clean-up plan, today the river is reckoned to be the biggest single source of pollution entering the Pacific Ocean. Situated right at the mouth of its estuary,Chongming Island provides a vital resting and feeding spot for migrating shorebirds, and a place which offers welcome evidence of changing attitudes towards the Yangtze's beleaguered wildlife. For centuries these coastal mudflats have attracted hunters, like Mr Jin,who have honed their trapping skills to perfection to put rare birds on the tables of Shanghai's elite. For 40 years Mr Jin has used a net, simple decoy birdsand a bamboo whistle to lure passing birds towards his nets. It takes both patience and consummate skill.But, all is not as it seams’Jin, like many of the best conservationists, is poacher turned gamekeeper, using his hunting skills to benefit his old quarry. The staff here at Dunstan Bird Reserve will measure, ring and weigh the trapped birds before releasing them unharmed. The information gathered by Mr Jin and his colleagues helps to protect over different species of birds which visit the island each year. Just south of Chongqing Island lies China's largest coastal city, Shanghai.Situated on a major migration route for birds as well as river life,Shanghai is now preparing for an even bigger invasion.Barges loaded with building materials constantly arrive in the city's docks,feeding one of the greatest construction booms in the world. Last year, half the world's concrete was poured into China's cities, all in preparation for the biggest mass migration of people in the history of the world. In the next 25 years, well over 300 million people are predicted to move from rural China into cities like Shanghai.The migration of people from country to city’s being mirror ed around the world, and by over half of the world's population will be urban dwellers. As night falls, Shanghai reveals its true colours.China's fastest-growing financial centre’s in the midst of a massive boom.With an estimated population of more than 20 million,Shanghai is officially China's large stand certainly its most dazzling city.But there is an environmental cost.Shanghai residents now use two and a half times more power per head than their rural cousins.The city's seemingly insatiable energy demands currently require the output of power stations. South of Shanghai the city lights gradually fades we enter an ancient world. This is Fujian Province, a rugged terrain guarded by sheer granite mountains which have helped to forge and preserve some of China's most ancient sites and traditional cultures. Towering above the coast, the 1400-meter-high Tami Mountains are known to the Chinese as "Fairyland on the Sea”. Moist sea breezes condense on the cool mountaintops and combine with well-drained acidsoils to produce the perfect growing conditions for acid-loving plants like wild azaleas. It’s also home to camellias, including the most famous of all, the tea plant. Similar growing conditions all along the Fujian coast make this the treasure chest for China's tea, the heart of an industry dating back almost , years.One of the most traditional tea-growing cultures in the areas that of the Mejia people. Every morning, goats are let loose among the tea terraces, a centuries-old tradition. This might seem surprising given goats' reputation for eating anything green, but tea isn't as defenseless as it looks. Tea leaves are loaded with bitter chemicals designed to repel browsing animals. It works on the goats, who leave the tea untouched and instead eat up the weeds,fertilising the tea plants with their droppings. The surprise is that we humans should find the same bitter chemical cocktail utterly irresistible. Among the Mejia people, tea-growing is a family business. Women do the picking, while the men process and pack items Zhang belongs to a Mejia family that has lived and worked for generations among these same tea terraces. The finest tea needs to be gathered quickly in warm sunshine’s this brings out the flavor-enhancing oils inside the leaves. This sustainable industry has protected one of China's finest landscapes and one of its most traditional cultures. At the end of the morning's picking,Mrs Zhang returns home to drop off her tea ready for processing. This fort-like design has survived from a time when the Mejia needed to protect themselves against hostile local tribes. Each house has three or four levels designed to accommodate 50to 250people. The ground floor houses the kitchens and animal stock with access to a well for water. The first floor rooms are used for storage and the upper floors are bedrooms. Some of these remarkable buildings are 800 years old and have survived earthquakes and typhoons. Once enough tea has been gathered in, the processing begins. Turning green leaves into saleable tea involves at least eight different stages, including drying, bruising, sifting, squeezing and twisting, before the finished product is finally ready for packing. The Zhang's village produces "little black dragon”, or oolong tea, so called because of the way itstwisted leaves unfurl when water is poured over them. Tea plays a vital part in Mejia life, not only as a source of income, but also as a way to welcome visitors and bring people together.In traditional Chinese life, even the simplest cup of tea is poured with an intricate amount of ritual. In the past, the Mejia people's other main income came from transporting goods like tea across the treacherous topography of mountains and river estuaries. Their route was suddenly made easier when, in ,this remarkable bridge was built. Made from massive -ton slabs of granite, it is one of China's lesser-known architectural gems. Luoyang Bridge has withstood earthquakes and tempestuous tides. Known as ", ships launching”, the bridge's piers have withstood time and tide for almost a millennium. According to folklore, its success is due to a far-sighted piece of bio-engineering. Oysters were seeded on the piers and ever since, their concretions have helped cement the granite blocks together. Today, oysters are still cultivated herein the traditional way by Hsian women. Stones are stood in the mudflats below the bridge to encourage the oysters to grow. Luoyang Bridge is now mainly used by locals carrying goods across the estuary towards the coastal ports. For more than , years, coastal trade in China has depended on a remarkable and pioneering type of ship, known to us as the junk. This working vessel follows a general design that’s been in use in Fujian for at least years. Its bows take the form of a beak, with two large painted eyes evoking the traditional seafarers' belief that the bird's image would help sailors return safely, like the migrants that return each spring and autumn. Tea and other goods were stored in strong bulkheads, each waterproofed and separated from the next to minimize flood damage. This innovation, introduced to keep precious tea cargos dry, spurred on the improvement of not only Chinese boats, but Western ones, too. The distinctive rigging of the junk's sails allows easy handling in bad weather, essential along this storm-battered coast.Each year from July to November, up to a dozen typhoons, a corruption of the Chinese word for "great wind”, head northwest towards China. Typhoons arebecoming more frequent as sea temperatures rise, aided by a global increase in greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide. But satellite pictures have revealed a surprising twist. It seems that typhoons can pull deep, nutrient-rich seawater up to the surface causing plankton blooms, which in turn soak up large quantities of carbon dioxide. When a typhoon strikes, one of the best places to be is Hong Kong harbor with its sheltered anchorage. A centre of international trade, the city is famous for its jumble of skyscrapers and its bustling commercial centre. However, there is a side to Hong Kong that's less well known. Behind the urban sprawl lies a swathe of wetlands which include the Mai Po Nature Reserve. Managed principally for the benefit of migrating birds, the reserve maintains a series of traditional prawn farms, known as gee wais, and their adjoining mangroves and mudflats. Every two weeks from November to March, one of the gee wais is drained by opening up the sluice gates. As the water level falls, birds begin to gather. Herons, egrets and cormorants mingle with a far rarer visitor, the black-faced spoonbill. These endangered migrants have travelled the length of the Chinese coastline from Northern China and Korea.Mai Po marks the end of a200kilometer journey during which the birds may have lost up to a third of their body weight. Four hundred black-faced spoonbills, a quarter of the world's population, pass the winter here. At low water, trapped shrimps and fish become easy prey, a lifesaver for these endangered birds. The Mai Po marshes are part of the Pearl River estuary, whose muddy shores abound with crabs, worms and mudskippers. Exposed at low tide, this smorgasbord of mud-life attracts both waders and the gee way birds. Here on the mudflats of Inner Deep Bay, each kind of bird has its own specific feeding zone defined by the depth of the water, the length of its beak and its feeding technique.Once refuelled, they revel in synchronized aerial displays. More than any other place on China's coastline, Inner Deep Bay demonstrates that, with help, resilient nature can still thrive, even when boxed inland overshadowed by towering cities like Shenzhen. Another successful example of man's intervention on behalf ofnature can be glimpsed in the waters around Landau Island. While egrets make the most of an easy meal, other creatures have their eye on the anglers’ catch. Chinese white dolphins are estuary specialists. Found widely in the Indian and Pacific Ocean, this species is rare in China. The young are born dark grey and become spotted as adolescents, finally turning creamy white as adults, though on some occasions they may blush a delicate shade of pink. Three groups of dolphins live close to Landau Island. As the tide comes in, they move with it to feed on small fish or squid, which travel with the currents, using echolocation to see their prey through the murky water. They also use sound to communicate. However, they face a deafening problem. The Pearl Estuary has become one of the busiest shipping channels in China, and the dolphins are constantly bombarded with sound. New research suggests that they may now pack more information into shorter calls in a bid to be heard. Local conservationists have now set up a protected zone near Landau Island. So, for now, China's white dolphins are holding on. South of Hong Kong lies the South China Sea, studded with more than islands and reefs. Potential reserves of fish, oil and gas make each one strategic, and the whole region has become a political hot spots territorial disputes simmer between its many neighboring countries. The waters themselves are low in nutrients and would be poor in life if it wasn't for the other resource that's here in abundance.Sunlight.In the shallows of the coral atolls, small jellyfish point their tentacles towards the sun. Like many animals here, they depend on a close partnership with microscopic algae, which turn solar power into food. The most famous of these relationships is the reef-forming corals, which provide the foundation of the sea's most dazzling ecosystem. Their branches provide shelter for a wealth of small and vulnerable creatures, many of them beautifully camouflaged. But the ultimate master of disguise has to be the octopus, able to change not only its shape and colour, but its skin texture, too. Where the reefs meet deeper waters, upwelling currents carry nutrients to the surface. Reef fish swim out to gorge themselves on the resulting food, in turn attracting largerpredatory fish to the reefs.Trevally prowl in dense packs.Giant rays sweep in on graceful wings to hover up the remaining plankton, which also attracts the king of fish. Growing up to metres long, the whale shark is a gentle giant. And these days, a rare sighting.As sharks, small and large, are plundered to supply the East Asian shark meat trade, the fate of these fabulous creatures hangs in the balance. While healthy coral reefs still survive in the remote islands, the situation close to the Chinese coast is quite different. The waters along the shores of Hainan, China's largest tropical island, have been fished for thousands of years. As the reefs become less and less productive, fishermen from Tan men harbored all their resourcefulness to make a living. Dicing with death, they breathe air pumped through hose pepsin a desperate bid to catch the last remaining sea life. Over the years, increased sedimentation and the use of dynamite and cyanide means the corals close to shore are barely hanging on. Recently the government has recognized that regulation is needed if the local fishery is to survive for the future. Fishing is now banned for two months of the year to allow marine life a chance to breed. One of the most important tropical habitats for young fish is mangrove swamps. In the last 14 years, eighty percent of China's mangroves have been destroyed. But at the Dongzhaigang Mangrove Reserve in Hainan, a remarkable conservation initiatives bringing young Chinese volunteers together to plant mangrove saplings in the glutinous mud. For many of these city-born students, such unglamorous work demonstrates their commitment to their country's environment. Like other heavily populated countries, China today is faced with a challenge. How best to protect nature in an increasingly crowded space? These wild macaques live on a tiny Hainan Island reserve where they are carefully managed and looked after. Most of the island's hillsides are covered with tropical woodland, but there are also areas of flower meadows where the monkeys gather to feed. Each morning, as the tropical sun heats their island, the macaques head downhill in search of somewhere cooler.And what could be more refreshing than a dip in the pool? To the Chinese, combining a wildlife reserve with a tourist development makes perfect commercial sense, and the monkeys don't seem at all unhappy with the deal. The question is where to draw the line. Like the rest of the world, China is still feeling its way towards a harmonious relationship with nature. Six hundred years ago the people who lived here carved this calligraphy in the rocks, announcing it to be "the end of the world”. In recent years that world has undergone a massive expansions tourists from all over China have discovered the delights of Hainan's tropical seaside resorts. By , China's total tourism revenues expected to hit ￡billion a year. While insensitive development could destroy China's natural environment, well-managed eco-tourism could provide huge benefits for China's wildlife. The issues that face China today, increasing pressure on resources and living space and quality of environment, are those that face us all. If there is any country in the world equipped to solve environmental problems on a vast scale, it has to be China, with its tremendous human resources and powerful political control. The path it chooses will affect not just its own people and its natural environment, but the rest of the world, too.。
纪录片美丽中国__中英文解说词
美丽中国（Wild China）第一集龙之心Heart of the Dragon永波：我们的中国探索之旅始于南方的亚热带Our exploration of China begins in the warm subtropical south漓江的渔人和鱼鸟栖坐在竹筏上On the Li River fishermen and birds perch on bamboo rafts这个组合已延续千年之久 a partnership that goes back more than a thousand years这景致已为世人所熟悉This scenery is known throughout the world那是中国水墨永恒的主题 a recurring motif in Chinese paintings和旅人永远的胜地and a major tourist attraction中国南部是片有英国国土The south of China is a vast area九倍之大的广阔土地eight times larger than the UK这里是山雨的国度It's a landscape of hills but also of water这里一年之中有250天在降雨It rains here for up to 250 days a year到处都是积水and standing water is everywhere在扬子江的涝原In a floodplain of the Yangtse River黑尾鹬在泥泞中寻索着虫子black-tailed godwits probe the mud in search of worms并非只有野生动物在这样的环境下茁壮成长现在是交配的季节It's the mating season雄禾田蛙们为了吸引异性而卖力高鸣and male paddy frogs are competing for the attention of females但这并非总能为你吸引来关注的目光But it dosen't always pay to draw too much attention to youself中国池鹭是个饕餮掠食者The Chinese Pond Heron is a crapulous predator就算在耕作过的稻田中央Even in the middle of a ploughed paddy field也会上演喙与爪的血腥剧目nature is red in beak and claw或许这看上去像一场屠杀This may look like a slaughter但每只池鹭一次只能吞噬一只蛙but as each heron can swallow only one frog at a time 此时剩余的多数派得以逃生并获得了明日再度高歌的机会the vast majority will escape to croak another day元阳县这样广泛种植水稻的Terrace paddies like those of Y unYang county are found across much of southern China梯田横贯中国南部This whole vast landscape is dominated by rice cultivation苗族人在炎热的贵州发展了高度发达的水稻种植In hilly Guizhou province the Miao minority have developed a remarkable rice culture苗族人把木屋建立在陡峭低产的山壁上With every inch of fertile land given over to rice cultivation用其余每寸丰饶的土地来种植水稻the Miao build their wooden houses on the steepest and least productive hillsides所有东西在中国农村都自有其用处In Chinese rural life everything has a use牛棚里的肥料在太阳下晒干用作煮饭的燃料dried in the sun manure from the cowsheds would be used as cooking fuel中午时分宋家人正饱餐以米和蔬菜为主的中饭It's midday and the Song family are tucking into a lunch of rice and ve getables老祖父宋古永置身于天伦之乐外Oblivious to the domestic chitchat寻思着重要的事情granddad Guyong xiu has serious maters on his mind春季是稻禾生长的伊始时节Spring is a start of the rice growing season庄稼的长势决定了来年宋家人的生计the success of the crop will determin how wel l the family will eat next year因而选择合适的时机进行耕作是至关重要的so planting at the right time is critical时机的选择取决于当年的天气情况The ideal date depends on what the weather will do this year而这些却是永难估料的never easy to predict但是身边就存在着贴心小帮手But there is some surprising help at hand宋家厅堂房梁上的是一对刚从冬季迁徙中归来的金腰燕On the cielling of the Song's living room a pair of red-rumped swallow, newly arrive from their winter migration他们正在为装潢新一年度的宅邸而忙碌is busy fixing up last year's nest在中国动物们被赋予独特的象征意义并被细心呵护In China , animals are valued as much for their symbolic meaning as for any good they may do苗族人笃信成双燕终身相伴不离不弃Miao people believe that swallow pairs remain faithful for life因此他们的存在被视为so their presence is a favor and a blessing幸福生活与美满婚姻的象征bringing happiness to a marria ge and good luck to a home如大多数苗人一样宋家起居室的窗子可以眺望见成片的梯田Like most Miao dwellings, the Song's living room windows look out over the paddy fields从早春起一扇窗子便为了方便燕子往返穿飞而敞开From early spring, one of these windows is always left open to let the swallows come and go freely古老爹知晓每年燕子归来的确切时间Each year granddad Gu notes the exact day the swallows return苗族人坚信这些鸟儿的归来预示着春季的来临Miao people believe the birds' arrival predicts the timing of the season ahead然而今年他们姗姗来迟This year, they were late因而古老爹和其他族中长老一致认为今年的插秧应当推迟so Gu and the other community elders have agreed that rice planting should be delayed accordingly当苗族人为了插秧而整备田地时As the Miao prepare their fields for planting燕子们或搜集修整巢穴用的泥巴the swallows collect mud to repair their nests相当于法国和西班牙国土加起来那么大This vast area of southwest China的中国西南的广阔土地the size of France and Spain combined因为宛如被干燥中空的谷地隔离开来的巨大蛋盒般is famous for its clusters of conical hills连绵的锥形山脉而闻名于世like giant upturned egg carton seperated b y dry empty valleys这就是喀斯特地貌This is the karst, a limestone terrain石灰石地貌俨然成为南部中国的标志性特征which has become the defining image of southern China喀斯特地貌通常以突起的裸岩状态分布Karst landscapes are often studded with rocky outcrops这迫使当地农民只得在破碎的小块土地上耕作forcing local farmers to cultivate tiny fields当地人是中国最贫穷的居民之一The people who live here are among the poorest in China在毗邻的云南省In neighboring Yunnan province遍布着石灰石limestone rocks have taken over entirely这就是著名的石林This is the famous Stone Forest无数年侵蚀作用的产物the product of countless years of erosion造就了无数的狭道与巅峰producing a maze of deep gullets and sharp-edged pinnacles石灰石有一个独性那就是能被雨水分解Limestone has a strange property that is dissolves in rain water在数千年的漫长光阴中水的侵蚀深入到岩床的心脏地带Over many thousands of years, water has corrode its way deep into the heart of the bedrock itself 这一自然奇观成为了著名的旅游景点This natural wonder has a famous tourist spot每年的访客数量多达200万人receiving close to 2 million visitors each year中国人特别喜好奇形怪状的岩石The Chinese are fond of curiously shaped rocks并以为嶙峋怪石冠上千奇百怪的名字为乐and many have been given fanciful names但没人来猜测这个块怪石的名字No prices for guessing what this one is called但百闻不如置身这片奇妙山地亲身一见But there is more to this landscape than meets the eye在中国醒目的喀斯特地貌下China has literally thousands of mysterious caverns隐匿着无数的神秘洞穴concealed beneath the visible landscape of the karst这些隐秘世界大多不为世人所知Much of this hidden world has never been seen by human eyes 而现在他们将被展现在世人眼前And it's only just now being explored国南方洞穴不仅用于遮蔽In southern China, caves aren't just used for shelter他们也能为当地人带来恩惠they can be a source of revenue for the community 数代的人持续受到洞穴的恩泽People have been visiting this cave for generations 洞穴地底覆盖了满满鸟粪The cave floor is covered in guano仅仅十分钟时间就能让农人满载而归so plentiful that 10 minutes' work can fill these farmer's baskets这是一种宝贵的天然肥料This used as a valuable source of fertilizer鸟粪的源头能听到河水上空的鸟鸣A clue to the source of the guano can be heard above the noise of the river噪音因为山洞而被放大The sound originates high up in the roof of the cave 入口处聚满了雨燕The entrance is full of swifts他们是社交性动物They are very sociable birds约200000多的共享贵州南部的洞穴more than 200,000 of them share this cave in southern Guizhou province中国最大的雨燕栖息地The biggest swift colony in China如今中国的家燕多数将巢穴建在建筑物的屋顶These days, Chinese house swifts mostly nest in the roofs of buildings但其实在房屋被发明出来之前but rock crevasses like these were their original home 这样的岩缝才是他们原本安家的地方long before houses were invented尽管雨燕依靠洞穴遮蔽Though the swifts depend on the cave for shelter他们却必定在日落前归巢they never stray further than the limits of daylight因为他们的眼睛无法在黑夜中看清事物as their eyes can't see in dark然而洞穴深处However, deep inside the cavern是一群更适应地下other creatures are better equipped隐秘生活的居民for subterranean life一群蝙蝠刚刚醒来 A colony of bats is just waking up他们运用超声波在黑夜中确定自己的方位using ultrasonic squeaks to orientate themselves in the darkness夜晚是狩猎时间Night is the time to go huntingRickett鼠耳蝠是亚洲蝙蝠中唯一Rickett's mouse-eared bat is the only bat in Asia which specializes in catching fishes 通过在水面依靠声波对涟漪的反射追踪游鱼的蝙蝠种tracking them down from the sound reflection of ripples on the water surface这种非凡的技巧仅在数年前被发现This extraordinary behavior was only discovered in the last couple of years现在首次被记录下来展示给世人and has never been filmed before志君：蜿蜒在张家界的山峰间清澈见底的溪流Winding between Zhangjiajie's peaks居住着一种中国最奇怪的生物crystal clear mountain streams are home to what is perhaps China's strangest creature 这种奇异的动物This bizarre animal属于蝾螈的一种is a type of newt中国大鲵the Chinese Giant Salamander在中国它被称之为娃娃鱼In China, it is known as the baby fish这名称源自当他悲伤时发出的类似婴儿哭泣的声音because when distressed, it makes a sound like a crying infant成年体长1~1.5米It grows up to a meter and a half long这使它成为世界上最大的两栖类动物making it the world's largest amphibian在自然条件下一只大鲵可以活到十岁Under natural conditions, a Giant Salamander may live decades但是和很多其他中国动物一样But like so many Chinese animals它被视为美味佳肴it is considered delicious to eat尽管被列为国家级保护动物Despite being classed as protected species大鲵仍然被当作食物非法买卖giant salamanders are still illegally sold for food 现在娃娃鱼已经非常稀有and the baby fish is now rare在自然界濒临灭绝了and endangered in the wild幸运的是在像张家界这样的一些地方Fortunately in a few areas like Zhangjiajie,大鲵在政府的严格保护下得以幸存Giant Salamanders still survive under strict official protection通过适当的措施Given the right help即便是最珍稀的生物也能获得救赎even the rarest creatures can return from the brink 只要我们展现意志If we show the will大自然会为我们找到出路nature will find the way.。
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纪录片美丽中国中英文解说词美丽中国（Wild China）第一集龙之心Heart of the Dragon最后的隐世净土The last hidden world中国China数世纪来旅人传诵着关于这片神奇土地For centuries, travellers to China have told tales of magical landscapes 以及那些神奇生物的传说and surprising creatures 中国文明是世界最古老的文明Chinese civilization is the world's oldest而如今是最宏博的and today it's largest那数十亿的人民with well over a billion people现存超过五十个民族It's home to more than 50 distinct ethnic groups以及各式各样贴近自然的and a wide range of traditional life styles传统生活方式often inclose partnership with nature我们都知道中国面对着着众多社会环境问题We know that China faces immense social and environmental problems 但这里也存在着令人窒息的美丽but there is great beauty here too中国有着世界最高峰China is home to the world's highest mountains,从无垠的炙热沙漠vast deserts ranging from from searing hot 到麻木大脑的寒冷地带to mind numbing cold以及那蒸笼般的森林中steaming forests隐匿的各种珍稀生物harboring rare creatures天际下广阔无垠的草原grassy plains beneath vast horizons以及富饶的热带海洋and rich tropical seas现在我们第一次有机会Now, for the first time ever深入探索这片伟大的土地we can explore the whole of this great country接触栖息于此的珍奇生物meet some of the surprising and exotic creatures that live here 目睹中国这片神奇土地上and consider the relationship of the people and wildlife of China 人与野生世界的羁绊to the remarkable landscaping which they live 这就是最原味的中国This is wild China仅以此献给我们多灾多难但美丽依旧的祖国For our troubled but drop-dead beautiful motherland我们的中国探索之旅始于南方的亚热带Our exploration of China begins in the warm subtropical south 漓江的渔人和鱼鸟栖坐在竹筏上On the Li River fishermen and birds perch on bamboo rafts 这个组合已延续千年之久a partnership that goes back more than a thousand years 这景致已为世人所熟悉This scenery is known throughout the world那是中国水墨永恒的主题 a recurring motif in Chinese paintings和旅人永远的胜地and a major tourist attraction中国南部是片有英国国土The south of China is a vast area九倍之大的广阔土地eight times larger than the UK这里是山雨的国度It's a landscape of hills but also of water这里一年之中有250天在降雨It rains here for up to 250 days a year到处都是积水and standing water is everywhere在扬子江的涝原In a floodplain of the Yangtse River黑尾鹬在泥泞中寻索着虫子black-tailed godwits probe the mud in search of worms并非只有野生动物在这样的环境下茁壮成长But it isn't just wildlife that thrive in this environment沼泽般湿润肥沃的土地为作物家族最显著的成员提供了最理想的环境the swampy ground provides ideal conditions for the remarkable member of the grass family这就是稻米rice中国有着至少8000年的稻米种植史The Chinese have been cultivating rice for at least 8 thousand years 他们改变了这块土地It has transformed the landscape 对云南南部的农民而言冬末是个繁忙的季节Late winter in southern Y unnan is a busy time for local farmers因为他们要为即将来临的春天整顿这片古老的稻田as they prepare the age-old paddy field ready for the coming spring元阳县的山坡以2000M之势These hill slopes of Yuanyang county斜插于红河谷地的河床plunge nearly 2000m to the floor of the Red River Valley包含了上千由原始刨掘工具所创造出的梯田each contains literally thousands of stack terraces carved out by hand using basic digging tools云南的梯田是中国最古老人类耕作痕迹中Yunnan's rice terraces are among the oldest human structures in China 依旧被耕种使用的土地still ploughed as they always have been正如千百年来的习俗一样by domesticated water buffaloes源自云南河谷的家养水牛承担了耕作的重任whose ancestors originated in these very valleys这片人力开拓的土地是工业化前中国最惊奇宏伟的壮景This man-made landscape is one of the most amazingengineering feats of preindustrial China似乎这里的每一寸土地It seems as if every square inch of land 都被打上了农耕的痕迹has been pressed into cultivation当薄暮降临As evening approaches另一场古老的仪式上演an age-old ritual unfolds现在是交配的季节It's the mating season雄禾田蛙们为了吸引异性而卖力高鸣and male paddy frogs are competing for the attention of females但这并非总能为你吸引来关注的目光But it dosen't always pay to draw too much attention to youself中国池鹭是个饕餮掠食者The Chinese Pond Heron is a crapulous predator就算在耕作过的稻田中央Even in the middle of a ploughed paddy field也会上演喙与爪的血腥剧目nature is red in beak and claw或许这看上去像一场屠杀This may look like a slaughter但每只池鹭一次只能吞噬一只蛙but as each heron can swallow only one frog at a time 此时剩余的多数派得以逃生并获得了明日再度高歌的机会the vast majority will escape to croak another day元阳县这样广泛种植水稻的Terrace paddies like those of YunYang county are found across much of southern China梯田横贯中国南部This whole vast landscape is dominated by rice cultivation苗族人在炎热的贵州发展了高度发达的水稻种植In heated Guizhou province the Miao minority have developed a remarkable rice culture苗族人把木屋建立在陡峭低产的山壁上With every inch of fertile land given over to rice cultivation 用其余每寸丰饶的土地来种植水稻the Miao build their wooden houses on the steepest and least productive hillsides所有东西在中国农村都自有其用处In Chinese rural life everything has a use牛棚里的肥料在太阳下晒干用作煮饭的燃料dried in the sun manure from the cowsheds would be used as cooking fuel中午时分宋家人正饱餐以米和蔬菜为主的中饭It's midday and the Song family are tucking into a lunch of rice and vegetables老祖父宋古永置身于天伦之乐外Oblivious to the domestic chitchat寻思着重要的事情granddad Guyong Song has serious maters on his mind春季是稻禾生长的伊始时节Spring is a start of the rice growing season庄稼的长势决定了来年宋家人的生计the success of the crop will determin how well the family will eat next year因而选择合适的时机进行耕作是至关重要的so planting at the right time is critical时机的选择取决于当年的天气情况The ideal date depends on what the weather will do this year而这些却是永难估料的never easy to predict但是身边就存在着贴心小帮手But there is some surprising help at hand宋家厅堂房梁上的是一对刚从冬季迁徙中归来的金腰燕On the cielling of the Song's living room a pair of red-rumpedswallow newly arrive from their winter migration 他们正在为装潢新一年度的宅邸而忙碌is busy fixing up last year's nest在中国动物们被赋予独特的象征意义并被细心呵护In China animals are valued does much for their symbolic meaning as for many good they may do苗族人笃信成双燕终身相伴不离不弃Miao people believe that swallow pairs remain faithful for life 因此他们的存在被视为so their presence is a favor and a blessing幸福生活与美满婚姻的象征bringing happiness to a marriage and good luck to a home如大多数苗人一样宋家起居室的窗子可以眺望见成片的梯田Like most Miao dwellings, the Song's living room windows look out over the paddy fields从早春起一扇窗子便为了方便燕子往返穿飞而敞开From early spring, one of these windows is always left open to let the swallows come and go freely古老爹知晓每年燕子归来的确切时间Each year granddad Gu knows the exact day the swallows return苗族人坚信这些鸟儿的归来预示着春季的来临Miao people believe the birds arrival predicts the timing of a season ahead然而今年他们姗姗来迟This year, they were late因而古老爹和其他族中长老一致认为今年的插秧应当推迟so Gu and the other community elders have agreed that rice planting should be delayed accordingly当苗族人为了插秧而整备田地时As the Miao prepare theirfields for planting燕子们或搜集修整巢穴用的泥巴the swallows collect mud to repair their nests或穿越新耕的稻田追逐昆虫and chase after insects across the newly ploughed paddies最终经过了几周的准备Finally, after weeks of preparation这个预定种植的时刻来临了the ordained time for planting has arrived首先秧苗必须从苗床上连根拔起but first the seedlings must be uproot from the nursery beds扎成捆移植到高处山地and bundled up ready to be transported to their new paddy那崭新的苗床上higher up the hillside宋家邻里乡亲全员出动帮助移植All the Song's neighbors have turned out to help with the transplanting这是一直来他们的集体协作方式It's how the community has always worked当然一旦时刻来临宋家人也会做出相同行为来报恩when the time comes, the Songs will return the favor当农户们忙碌在田埂间时While the farmers are busy in the fields飞燕们则衔着修整巢穴的材料来来往往the swallows fly back and forth with material for their nest 人多力量大Many hands make light work插秧的整个过程只持续了仅一个多小时planting the new paddy takes a little more than an hour当工作完成农户们得以休息Job done, the villagers can relax至少在明天来临之前at least until tomorrow然而对这些筑巢的飞鸟而言修筑家园的宏大工程But for the nesting swallows, the work of raising a family才刚刚开始has only just begun新耕种的田地里In the newly planted fields白鹭在寻找食物little egrets hunt for foods稻田成了虫鱼蝌蚪的乐园The rice paddy harbor tadpoles fish and insects而白鹭正好以此哺育幼鸟and egrets have chicks to feed重庆自然保护区建立于1996年This colony in Chongqing province is established in 1996当成群的鸟儿安家在阳光村后方的小竹林when a few dozen birds build nests in the bamboo grove behind YanGuang village当地人将其视为幸运的使者Believing they were assigned of luck他们最初小心保护这些白鹭和他们的栖息地local people initially protected the egrets and the colony grove但当村长病重后他们的态度发生了转变But their attitude change when the head of the village fell ill 当政府开始介入保护鸟群时They blame the birds and were all set to destroy their nests他们开始敌视鸟群并着手摧毁巢穴when the local government stepped in to protect them易弯曲的竹子或许并非安家的最佳场所Bendy bamboo may not be the safest nesting place但至少这些小家伙们不会成为捕食者的腹中餐but at least these youngsters won't end up at someone's dinner这些小家伙刚从母亲嘴里分得美食These chicks have just had a meal delivered by their mom对新生的小嘴着实是一大挑战quite a challenge for litter beaks 介于他们的栖息地是受保护的Providing their colonies are protected像白鹭这样的候鸟是少数直接从发达的水稻种植中获益的鸟类wading birds like egrets are among the few wild creatures which benefit directly from intensive rice cultivation水稻生长需要大量的水Growing rice needs lots of water但即便是在多雨的南方有些土地也面临缺水的危机but even in the rainy south, there are landscapes where water is surprisingly scarce相当于法国和西班牙国土加起来那么大This vast area of southwest China的中国西南的广阔土地the size of France and Spain combined 因为宛如被干燥中空的谷地隔离开来的巨大蛋盒般is famous for its clusters of conical hills连绵的锥形山脉而闻名于世like giant upturned egg carton seperated by dry empty valleys这就是喀斯特地貌This is the karst石灰石地貌俨然成为南部中国的标志性特征a limestone terrain which has become the defining image of southern China喀斯特地貌通常以突起的裸岩状态分布Karst landscapes are often studded with rocky outcrops这迫使当地农民只得在破碎的小块土地上耕作forcing local farmers to cultivate tiny fields当地人是中国最贫穷的居民之一The people who live here are among the poorest in China在毗邻的云南省In neighboring Yunnan province遍布着石灰石limestone rocks have taken over entirely这就是著名的石林This is the famous Stone Forest无数年侵蚀作用的产物the product of countless years of erosion造就了无数的狭道与巅峰producing a maze of deep gullets and sharp-edged pinnacles石灰石有一个独性那就是能被雨水分解Limestone has a strange property that is dissolves in rain water在数千年的漫长光阴中水的侵蚀深入到岩床的心脏地带Over many thousands of years, water has corrode its way deep into the heart of the bedrock itself这一自然奇观成为了著名的旅游景点This natural wonder has a famous tourist spot每年的访客数量多达200万人receiving close to 2 million visitors each year中国人特别喜好奇形怪状的岩石The Chinese are fond of curiously shaped rocks并以为嶙峋怪石冠上千奇百怪的名字为乐and many have been given fanciful names但没人来猜测这个块怪石的名字No prices for guessing what this one is called但百闻不如置身这片奇妙山地亲身一见But there is more to this lands cape than meets the eye在中国醒目的喀斯特地貌下China has literally thousands of mysterious caverns 隐匿着无数的神秘洞穴concealed beneath the visible landscape of the karst 这些隐秘世界大多不为世人所知Much of this hidden world has never been seen by human eyes 而现在他们将被展现在世人眼前And it's only just now being explored 奇险洞穴中再现了一场终极的探险For a growing band of intrepid young Chinese explorers 主角是一群日渐成长初生牛犊般的年轻探险家caves represent the ultimate adventure探索一个洞穴犹如一场穿越时空的探险Exploring a cave is like taking the journey through time 常年积水叮咚伴随着无止境般的旅途a journey which endless raindrops would have followed over countless centuries水滴潺潺落下Fed by countless drips and trickles地下河流深切入岩the subterranean river carves ever deeper into the rock 石灰岩河床将洞穴的河道分割成千沟万壑The cave river's course is channeled by the beds of limestone 石灰岩薄弱处被河水冲刷差距的陡坡处水量激增A weakness in the rock can not allow the river to increase its gradient flowrate 为洞穴探险带来相当的挑战providing a real challenge for the cave explorers水流到达地下水位后便停止下流The downward rushes halted when the water table is reached 这里缓缓流动的河流切割出一条圆形隧道Here the slow flowing river carves tunnels with a more rounded profile这静谧的世界是穴居鱼的家This tranquil world is home to specialized cave fishes 比如无目金鲃like the eye-less Golden Barb 中国或许拥有地球上种类最为繁多的China may have unique kinds of cave evolved fishes洞穴进化鱼than anywhere else on Earth在地下水位线Above the water table远古洞穴溢满的河水中充斥着石笋和钟乳石ancient caverns abandoned by the river slowly fill up with stalactites and stalagmites 含有沉积物的水流St alactites form as trickling water deposites tiny quantities of rock 在千万年间“滴水成石”over hundreds or thousands of years含有石灰质的水滴落石床形成石笋Stalagmites grow up where lime laid and drips hit the cave floor 迄今为止被探索发掘的中国洞穴是中国大地上的九牛一毛So far, only a fraction of China's caves have been thoroughly prospected 而被发掘的洞穴不断为我们展现地底奇观and caves are constantly discovering new subterranean marvels许多在后来被开发成了商业景点many of which are subsequently developed into commercial show caves 探索者沿着洞穴河流出山谷的轨迹逃离了黑暗Finally escaping the darkness在远离出发地的河谷the cave river and its human explorers emerge in a valley far from where their journey began 这场冒险拉上了帷幕or now the adventure is over源自洞穴河流Rivers which issue from caves为喀斯特地区提供了生命之泉are the key to survival in the karst country贵州的垂直峡谷This vertical gorge in Guizhou province成为了当地野生动物的密集焦点is a focal point for the region's wildlife这是世界上最珍稀的灵长类之一This is one of the world's rarest primates白颊黑叶猴Francois's langur在中国他们只残存于两个南部省份In China, they survive in just two southern provinces贵州与广西Guizhou and Guangxi多半栖息于崎岖的石灰岩地貌地带always in ragged limestone terrains正如大多数猴子一样他们是社会性生物Like most monkeys,they're social creatures并且他们乐于耗费大把时间为彼此整理仪容and spend a great deal of time grooming each other 叶猴是个不折不扣以嫩芽、嫩叶、水果为食的素食主义者Langurs are essentially vegetarian with a diet of buds, fruits, and tender young leaves 叶猴宝宝裹着姜黄色的毛发出生Babies are born with ginger fur这些毛发随着生长逐渐从尾部开始变成黑色which gradually turns black from the tail end叶猴宝宝虎钳般的爪Young infants have a vise-like grip帮助他们附着在妈妈身上以保证安全used for cling on to mom for dare life随着年龄的增长As they get older他们越发胆大，并开始常识更多刺激they get bolder and take more risks这些是经历诸多冒险后的幸存者Those have survive spend a lot of time travelling尽管经验丰富的成年叶猴深知Yet experienced adults know exactly where to find seasonal food到守备范围内不同区域的哪里去寻觅当季的食物in different parts of their range在如此陡峭的地带In such steep terrain旅途顺利包含了高超的攀爬技巧travel involves a high level of climbing skill这些猴子打会走路起就是卓越的攀岩专家These monkeys are spectacularly good rock climbers from the time they learnt to walk叶猴族群In langur society是母系社会females rule the roost并且是举家迁徙的领队人物and take the lead when the familyis on the move峭壁一侧One section of cliff分泌的水是富含矿物质的woops is a trickle of mineral-rich water这对猴子们而言是不可抗拒的诱惑which the monkeys seem to find irresistible如今麻阳河自然保护区已鲜有危及猴宝宝的捕食者These days there are few predators in the Mayanghe Reserve which might pose a risk to baby monkey然而在过去的数个世纪but in past centuries, this area of south China中国南部的这个地区是豹子巨蟒甚至老虎的家was home to leopards, pythons, and even tigers为了在暗夜潜行者的利爪下存活T o survive dangerous night prowlers叶猴们前往地底the langurs went underground用他们的高超的攀爬技巧爬到洞穴上方寻找庇护所using their rock climbing skills to seek shelter in inaccessible caverns夜视镜在近乎黑暗的坏境下记录下Filmed in near darkness using a night vision camera叶猴一家爬上了the troop clambers along familiar ledges被数代猴族磨蚀光润的石壁的情景worn smooth by generations before them当冬日寒冷来袭During cold winter weather猴子们则冒险潜入the monkeys venture deeper underground 空气相对保持温暖的地下where the air stays comparatively warm旅途的终点At last, journeys end,高悬的庇护所使得最激进的捕食者都束手无策a coated niche beyond the reach of even the most enterprising predator并非只有猴子们在洞穴中寻找遮蔽But it's not just monkeys that find shelter in caves这些孩子们刚放学These children are off to school在中国农村每天早上都意味着一段In rural China, that may mean a long trek each morning穿越一两个洞穴的艰苦跋涉passing through a cave or two on the way然而并非所有孩子都要徒步上学But not all pupils have to walk to school这些孩子是寄宿生These children are boarders当孩子们快要到达学校时As the day pupils near journey's end 住宿生还在做早饭the boarders are still making breakfast校园内仿若被关掉了灯一般黑暗In the school yard, someone seems to have switched the lights off但这里其实并没有正规的操场But this is no ordinary play ground以及正规的学校and no ordinary school只不过是座Its house洞穴中的房屋而已inside a cave天然拱顶阻隔了雨水 A natural vault of rock keeps out the rain 为教室省去了屋顶so there is no need for a roof on the classroom中东洞穴学校由六个班级Zhongdong cave school is made up of 6 classes共200名学生组成with a total of 200 children如同这所学校般这个洞穴住宅区As well as a school, the cave houses 18 families是18户人家和他们牲畜的聚居地together with their livestock 这或许是世界上唯一在洞穴中饲养的牛了This could be the only cave dwelling cows on Earth 放学后是游戏的时间With school work over, it's play time at last在中国南方洞穴不仅用于遮蔽In southern China, caves aren't just used for shelter 他们也能为当地人带来恩惠they can be a source of revenue for the community 数代的人持续受到洞穴的恩泽People have been visiting this cave for generations 洞穴地底覆盖了满满鸟粪The cave floor is covered in guano仅仅十分钟时间就能让农人满载而归so plentiful that 10 minutes' work can fill these farmer's baskets 这是一种宝贵的天然肥料This used as a valuable source of fertilizer鸟粪的源头能听到河水上空的鸟鸣A clue to the source of the guano can be heard above the noise of the river 噪音因为山洞而被放大The sound originates high up in the roof of the cave 入口处聚满了雨燕The entrance is full of swifts他们是社交性动物They are very sociable birds约200000多的共享贵州南部的洞穴more than 200,000 of them share this cave in southern Guizhou province 中国最大的雨燕栖息地The biggest swift colony in China如今中国的家燕多数将巢穴建在建筑物的屋顶These days, Chinese house swifts mostly nest in the roofs of buildings 但其实在房屋被发明出来之前but rock crevasses like these were their original home 这样的岩缝才是他们原本安家的地方long before houses were invented尽管雨燕依靠洞穴遮蔽Though the swifts depend on the cave for shelter他们却必定在日落前归巢they never stray further than the limits of daylight 因为他们的眼睛无法在黑夜中看清事物as their eyes can't see in dark然而洞穴深处However, deep inside the cavern是一群更适应地下are the creatures are better equipped隐秘生活的居民for subterranean life一群蝙蝠刚刚醒来 A colony of bats is just waking up他们运用超声波在黑夜中确定自己的方位using ultrasonic squeaks to orientate themselves in the darkness 夜晚是狩猎时间Night is the time to go hunting Rickett鼠耳蝠是亚洲蝙蝠中唯一Rickett's mouse-eared bat is the only bat in Asia which specializes in catching fishes 通过在水面依靠声波对涟漪的反射追踪游鱼的蝙蝠种tracking them down from the sound reflection of ripples on the water surface这种非凡的技巧仅在数年前被发现This extraordinary behavior was only discovered in the last couple of years现在首次被记录下来展示给世人and has never been filmed before如果说在黑暗中追捕游鱼是如此的不可思议If catching fish in the dark is impressive想象下倒挂状态下不用爪子吞食滑溜溜的米诺鱼是怎样的神奇场景imagine eating a slippery minnow with no hands while hanging upside down拂晓降临至桂林的喀斯特山地Dawn, over the karst hills of Guilin这些山地的嶙峋奇秀归功于These remarkable hills owe theirpeculiar shapes漓江那弱酸性的水质to the mildly acid waters of the Li River 亿万年的侵蚀褪去了他们的本来面目whose meandering course over eons of time has corrode away their basis只剩下坚硬的河道残留下来until only the rocky course remained漓江是中国最清澈的河流之一Li is one of the cleanest rivers in China是捕鱼者和他们训练有素的鸬鹚最爱的捕获点a favorite spot for fishermen with their trained cormorants这帮七八十岁的男人全部姓黄The men, all called Huang, come from the same village 他们来自同一个村落now in their seventies and eighties他们毕生都以捕鱼卫生they've been fishermen all their lives 在释放鱼鸟之前Before they release the birds他们在鸟的脖子上松松的系一条套索they tie a noose, loosely around the neck以防止鸟儿私自将捕到的鱼吞进肚子里to stop them swallowing any fish they may catch伴随着即兴的舞蹈，黄老汉鼓励着他的鸟儿们跳入水中Chancing and dancing, the Huangs encourage their birds to take the plunge在水下Under water鸬鹚的狩猎本能暴发the cormorant's hunting instinct kicks in 他们化身为水下的游鱼追踪导弹turning them into fish seeking missiles一只鸬鹚小分队搭档合作齐心协力Working together,一早上便能收获颇丰a good cormorant team can catch a couple of dozen decent-sized fish in a morning鸟儿们被训练过只能带着鱼儿回到筏子The birds return to the raft with their fish because they've been trained to do so从出生的那一刻起From the time it first hatched鸬鹚们就开始被训练为忠仆each of these cormorants has been reared to a life of obedience to its master这些鸟儿是高效的奴隶The birds are, in effect, slaves但是它们并不是白痴But they are not stupid据说鸬鹚能够记住它们捕获的鱼的数目It's said the cormorants can key the tally of the fish they catch 至少能记住七条at least up to seven除非它们不时得到打赏当然这不过是收回一点自己的劳动成果罢了So unless they get a reward now and then,they simply withdraw their labor 渔夫理所当然得把最好的鱼留给自己The fishermen of course keep the best fish for themselves 鸬鹚则能享受剩余的部分The cormorants get the leftover tiddlies 项圈摘除后鸟儿们终于能享用它的战利品了With its collar removed，the bird can at last swallow its prize 最美妙的莫过于得到额外的打赏Best of all,when it isn't meant to have...而如今现代捕鱼技术的激烈竞争These days,competition for modern fishing techniques 意味着使黄老汉已不能仅靠鸬鹚捕鱼这一传统的手段谋生了means the Huangs can't make a living from traditional cormorant fishing alone 这一流传了1300多年的传统And this 1300-year old tradition如今只能成为取悦游客的表演is now practiced mostly toentertain tourists但在贵州省附近的草海湖上But on Caohai lake in nearby Guizhou Province一种与众不同的捕鱼业正在蓬勃发展an even more unusual fishing industry is alive and well 庚钟胜正在去为夜间布网的路上Geng Zhongsheng is on his way to set out his net for the night 老庚的怪网是一种一头扎起来的管状装置Geng's net is a strange tubular contraption with a closed off end 上百渔夫依靠这个More than a hundred fishermen make their living from the lake 水质富矿的高产湖泊为生Its mineral-rich waters are highly productive并在此布下天罗地网and there are nets everywhere第二天清早老耿和他的儿子回来收获他们猎物The next morning, Geng returns with his son to collect his catch 乍看之下收获平平At first sight, it looks disappointing 小鱼.虾米.和扭个不停的虫子Tiny fishes, lots of shrimps, and some wriggling bugs 然而老耿看上去来并不那么消沉Geng doesn't seem too down hearted大鱼被保持存活The larger fish are kept alive这是唯一在酷暑下保鲜的办法the only way they'll stay fresh in the heat令人吃惊的是一些虫子也被专门挑捡出来Surprisingly, some of the bugs are also singled out for special treatment 它们是蜻蜓的幼虫They are the young stage of dragonflies以蠕虫和蝌蚪为食的掠食者predators that feed on worms and tadpoles这里是世界上蜻蜓卵收获最丰的地方Nowhere else in the world are dragonfly nymphs harvested like this 回到家后老耿把他的获物在屋顶上摊开晒干Back home, Geng spreads his catch on the roof to dry 在中国，但凡能吃的东西都不会被浪费It's being in China, nothing edible would be wasted在遥远的南方有这样一种说法There is a saying in the far south “长腿的唯桌子不吃"We will eat anything with legs, except a table;长翅膀的独飞机不啃”and anything with wings, except a plane."几个钟头后这些晒干了的昆虫便会被带到市场上卖掉Within a few hours, the dried insects are ready to be backed up and taken to market 其中蜻蜓蛹能卖到最好的价格Its the dragonfly nymphs that fetch the best price幸运的是草海的蜻蜓资源非常丰富且高速再生Fortunately, Caohai's dragonflies are abundant and fast breeding所以老耿和其他的渔民远不会危及它们的数量so Geng and his fellow fishermen have so far had little impact on their numbers 但绝非所有野生动物都这样生机勃勃But not all wildlife is so resilient这所上海附近的佛庙This buddhist temple near Shanghai有一段与之相关的传奇故事has an extraordinary story attached to it2007年5月In May 2007一支狂野中国摄制组在这所寺庙的鱼塘里A Wild China camera team filmed this peculiar Swinhoe's turtle拍摄到了这只罕见的斑龟in the temple's fishpond据寺庙的和尚所说这只龟在明朝期间被赐予寺庙According to the monks, this turtle had been given to the temple during the Ming dynasty至今已有400余年历史了over 400 years ago它被认为是地球上最老的动物It was thought to be the oldest animal on Earth软壳龟被很多从中国人视为神赐的馈赠Soft shell turtles are considerd a god-made delicacy by many Chinese在被记录下的时候and when it was filmed它已是中国仅存的三只斑龟之一this was one of just three Swinhoe's Turtles left alive in China他的同胞们The rest of its kind被当作食物剿杀殆尽having been rounded up and eaten悲痛人心的是在拍摄后的短短几周后Sadly, just a few weeks after filming这只远古的生物与世长辞了this ancient creature died他的其他同类现在被散养在不同动物园保护着The remaining individuals of its species are currently kept in seperate zoos据测算现在斑龟在自然界中已经灭绝了and Swinhoe's Turtle is now reckoned extinct in the wild事实上中国25种淡水龟中In fact, most of the 25 types of fresh water turtles in China多数都已然濒危are now vanishingly rare杜绝物种灭绝的唯一途径The answer to extinction就是加以保护is protection这里有贯穿中国南方的不断壮大的自然保护区网络And there is now a growing network of nature reserves through southern China其中张家界天子山那由沙石构成的高耸的Of these, the Tianzi Mountain Reserve at Zangjiajie is perhaps the most visited by Chinese nature lovers。
美丽中国wildchina文本
美丽中国（Wild China）第一集龙之心 Heart of the Dragon 中英文字幕文本（一）2009-05-07 17:36100:00:04,280 --> 00:00:06,700最后的隐世净土The last hidden world200:00:07,900 --> 00:00:09,500中国China300:00:11,700 --> 00:00:16,300数世纪来旅人传诵着关于这片神奇土地For centuries, travellers to China have told tales of magical landscapes400:00:18,980 --> 00:00:24,800以及那些神奇生物的传说and surprising creatures500:00:26,100 --> 00:00:29,300中国文明是世界最古老的文明Chinese civilization is the world's oldest600:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,400而如今是最宏博的and today it's largest700:00:32,800 --> 00:00:34,600那数十亿的人民with well over a billion people800:00:36,600 --> 00:00:40,700现存超过五十个民族It's home to more than 50 distinct ethnic groups900:00:40,740 --> 00:00:43,400以及各式各样贴近自然的and a wide range of traditional life styles1000:00:43,800 --> 00:00:48,700传统生活方式often inclose partnership with nature1100:00:52,500 --> 00:00:58,400我们都知道中国面对着着众多社会环境问题We know that China faces immense social and environmental problems1200:00:59,700 --> 00:01:03,000但这里也存在着令人窒息的美丽but there is great beauty here too1300:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,400中国有着世界最高峰China is home to the world's highest mountains,1400:01:09,800 --> 00:01:13,200从无垠的炙热沙漠vast deserts ranging from from searing hot1500:01:13,500 --> 00:01:16,400到麻木大脑的寒冷地带to mind numbing cold1600:01:17,400 --> 00:01:18,600以及那蒸笼般的森林中steaming forests1700:01:18,900 --> 00:01:20,800隐匿的各种珍稀生物harboring rare creatures1800:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,400天际下广阔无垠的草原grassy plains beneath vast horizons1900:01:28,990 --> 00:01:32,000以及富饶的热带海洋and rich tropical seas2000:01:35,400 --> 00:01:37,400现在我们第一次有机会Now, for the first time ever2100:01:37,999 --> 00:01:41,000深入探索这片伟大的土地we can explore the whole of this great country2200:01:43,300 --> 00:01:48,300接触栖息于此的珍奇生物meet some of the surprising and exotic creatures that live here2300:01:50,600 --> 00:01:55,400目睹中国这片神奇土地上and consider the relationship of the people and wildlife of China2400:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,500人与野生世界的羁绊to the remarkable landscaping which they live2500:02:04,000 --> 00:02:08,400这就是最原味的中国This is wild China2600:02:10,000 --> 00:02:23,000仅以此献给我们多灾多难但美丽依旧的祖国For our troubled but drop-dead beautiful motherland26我们的中国探索之旅始于南方的亚热带Our exploration of China begins in the warm subtropical south2700:02:45,600 --> 00:02:49,800漓江的渔人和鱼鸟栖坐在竹筏上On the Li River fishermen and birds perch on bamboo rafts2800:02:50,200 --> 00:02:53,400这个组合已延续千年之久a partnership that goes back more than a thousand years2900:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,600这景致已为世人所熟悉This scenery is known throughout the world3000:03:12,600 --> 00:03:16,400那是中国水墨永恒的主题a recurring motif in Chinese paintings3100:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,900和旅人永远的胜地and a major tourist attraction3200:03:24,500 --> 00:03:27,400中国南部是片有英国国土The south of China is a vast area3300:03:27,700 --> 00:03:30,200九倍之大的广阔土地eight times larger than the UK3400:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,000这里It's a landscape of hills35是山雨的国度but also of water3600:03:44,500 --> 00:03:47,900这里一年之中有250天在降雨It rains here for up to 250 days a year3700:03:48,600 --> 00:03:50,600到处都是积水and standing water is everywhere3800:03:55,800 --> 00:03:57,900在扬子江的涝原In a floodplain of the Yangtse River3900:03:58,600 --> 00:04:02,400黑尾鹬在泥泞中寻索着虫子black-tailed godwits probe the mud in search of worms4000:04:03,400 --> 00:04:06,900并非只有野生动物在这样的环境下茁壮成长But it isn't just wildlife that thrive in this environment4100:04:07,500 --> 00:04:13,500沼泽般湿润肥沃的土地为作物家族最显著的成员提供了最理想的环境the swampy ground provides ideal conditions for the remarkable member of the grass family4200:04:14,500 --> 00:04:15,500这就是稻米rice4300:04:18,500 --> 00:04:22,400中国有着至少8000年的稻米种植史The Chinese have been cultivating rice for at least 8 thousand years4400:04:25,200 --> 00:04:28,400他们改变了这块土地It has transformed the landscape4500:04:31,300 --> 00:04:35,500对云南南部的农民而言冬末是个繁忙的季节Late winter in southern Yunnan is a busy time for local farmers4600:04:35,700 --> 00:04:39,800因为他们要为即将来临的春天整顿这片古老的稻田as they prepare the age-old paddy fieldready for the coming spring4700:04:49,300 --> 00:04:52,000元阳县的山坡以2000M之势These hill slopes of Yuanyang county4800:04:52,100 --> 00:04:56,400斜插于红河谷地的河床plunge nearly 2000m to the floor of the Red River Valley4900:04:58,000 --> 00:05:05,000包含了上千由原始刨掘工具所创造出的梯田each contains literally thousands of stack terraces carved out by hand using basic digging tools5000:05:07,400 --> 00:05:12,000云南的梯田是中国最古老人类耕作痕迹中Yunnan's rice terraces are among the oldest human structures in China5100:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,400依旧被耕种使用的土地still ploughed as they always have been5200:05:15,800 --> 00:05:18,300正如千百年来的习俗一样by domesticated water buffaloes5300:05:18,400 --> 00:05:23,700源自云南河谷的家养水牛承担了耕作的重任whose ancestors originated in these very valleys5400:05:53,000 --> 00:05:58,900这片人力开拓的土地是工业化前中国最惊奇宏伟的壮景This man-made landscape is one of the most amazing engineering feats of preindustrial China5500:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,800似乎这里的每一寸土地It seems as if every square inch of land5600:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,400都被打上了农耕的痕迹has been pressed into cultivation5700:06:21,400 --> 00:06:22,800当薄暮降临As evening approaches5800:06:23,300 --> 00:06:26,300另一场古老的仪式上演an age-old ritual unfolds5900:06:28,300 --> 00:06:29,600现在是交配的季节It's the mating season6000:06:30,000 --> 00:06:34,000雄禾田蛙们为了吸引异性而卖力高鸣and male paddy frogs are competing for the attention of females6100:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,400但这并非总能为你吸引来关注的目光But it dosen't always pay to draw too much attention to youself6200:06:49,600 --> 00:06:52,600中国池鹭是个饕餮掠食者The Chinese Pond Heron is a crapulous predator6300:06:58,700 --> 00:07:01,100就算在耕作过的稻田中央Even in the middle of a ploughed paddy field6400:07:01,400 --> 00:07:04,300也会上演喙与爪的血腥剧目<i>nature is red in beak and claw6500:07:15,550 --> 00:07:17,300或许这看上去像一场屠杀This may look like a slaughter6600:07:17,800 --> 00:07:20,900但每只池鹭一次只能吞噬一只蛙but as each heron can swallow only one frog at a time6700:07:21,200 --> 00:07:24,500此时剩余的多数派得以逃生并获得了明日再度高歌的机会the vast majority will escape to croak another day6800:07:29,900 --> 00:07:35,000元阳县这样广泛种植水稻的Terrace paddies like those of YunYang county are found across much of southern China6900:07:36,900 --> 00:07:40,500梯田横贯中国南部This whole vast landscape is dominated by rice cultivation7000:07:45,300 --> 00:07:51,000苗族人在炎热的贵州发展了高度发达的水稻种植In heated Guizhou province the Miao minority have developed a remarkable rice culture7100:07:53,700 --> 00:07:57,200苗族人把木屋建立在陡峭低产的山壁上With every inch of fertile land given over to rice cultivation7200:07:58,300 --> 00:08:03,400用其余每寸丰饶的土地来种植水稻the Miao build their wooden houses on the steepest and least productive hillsides7300:08:06,500 --> 00:08:09,200所有东西在中国农村都自有其用处In Chinese rural life everything has a use7400:08:09,600 --> 00:08:13,500牛棚里的肥料在太阳下晒干用作煮饭的燃料dried in the sun manure from the cowsheds would be used as cooking fuel7500:08:24,800 --> 00:08:29,990中午时分宋家人正饱餐以米和蔬菜为主的中饭It's midday and the Song family aretucking into a lunch of rice and vegetables7600:08:37,999 --> 00:08:40,400老祖父宋古永置身于天伦之乐外Oblivious to the domestic chitchat7700:08:40,600 --> 00:08:44,600寻思着重要的事情granddad Guyong Song has serious maters on his mind7800:08:45,800 --> 00:08:48,600春季是稻禾生长的伊始时节Spring is a start of the rice growing season7900:08:49,100 --> 00:08:53,000庄稼的长势决定了来年宋家人的生计the success of the crop will determin how well the family will eat next year8000:08:53,400 --> 00:08:56,100因而选择合适的时机进行耕作是至关重要的so planting at the right time is critical8100:08:57,000 --> 00:09:00,300时机的选择取决于当年的天气情况The ideal date depends on what the weather will do this year8200:09:00,990 --> 00:09:02,400而这些却是永难估料的never easy to predict8300:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,700但是身边就存在着贴心小帮手But there is some surprising help at hand8400:09:08,000 --> 00:09:14,200宋家厅堂房梁上的是一对刚从冬季迁徙中归来的金腰燕On the cielling of the Song's living rooma pair of red-rumped swallow newly arrive from their winter migration8500:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,600他们正在为装潢新一年度的宅邸而忙碌is busy fixing up last year's nest8600:09:20,000 --> 00:09:26,300在中国动物们被赋予独特的象征意义并被细心呵护In China animals are valued does much for their symbolic meaning as for many good they may do8700:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,700苗族人笃信成双燕终身相伴不离不弃Miao people believe that swallow pairs remain faithful for life8800:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,800因此他们的存在被视为so their presence is a favor and a blessing8900:09:37,300 --> 00:09:41,000幸福生活与美满婚姻的象征bringing happiness to a marriage and good luck to a home9000:09:42,890 --> 00:09:47,600如大多数苗人一样宋家起居室的窗子可以眺望见成片的梯田Like most Miao dwellings, the Song's living room windows look out over the paddy fields9100:09:48,400 --> 00:09:54,000从早春起一扇窗子便为了方便燕子往返穿飞而敞开From early spring, one of these windows is always left open to let the swallows come and go freely9200:09:57,700 --> 00:10:02,400古老爹知晓每年燕子归来的确切时间Each year granddad Gu knows the exact day the swallows return9300:10:04,000 --> 00:10:08,400苗族人坚信这些鸟儿的归来预示着春季的来临Miao people believe the birds arrival predicts the timing of a season ahead9400:10:09,200 --> 00:10:10,500然而今年他们姗姗来迟This year, they were late9500:10:11,700 --> 00:10:18,900因而古老爹和其他族中长老一致认为今年的插秧应当推迟so Gu and the other community elders have agreed that rice planting should be delayed accordingly9600:10:28,900 --> 00:10:31,400当苗族人为了插秧而整备田地时As the Miao prepare their fields for planting9700:10:31,990 --> 00:10:34,900燕子们或搜集修整巢穴用的泥巴the swallows collect mud to repair their nests9800:10:35,500 --> 00:10:38,400或穿越新耕的稻田追逐昆虫and chase after insects across the newly ploughed paddies9900:11:10,300 --> 00:11:12,300最终经过了几周的准备Finally, after weeks of preparation10000:11:12,700 --> 00:11:15,400这个预定种植的时刻来临了the ordained time for planting has arrived10100:11:16,400 --> 00:11:19,600首先秧苗必须从苗床上连根拔起but first the seedlings must be uproot from the nursery beds10200:11:20,100 --> 00:11:23,400扎成捆移植到高处山地and bundled up ready to be transported to their new paddy10300:11:23,500 --> 00:11:24,900那崭新的苗床上higher up the hillside10400:11:26,200 --> 00:11:29,400宋家邻里乡亲全员出动帮助移植All the Song's neighbors have turned out to help with the transplanting10500:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,200这是一直来他们的集体协作方式It's how the community has always worked10600:11:32,400 --> 00:11:35,600当然一旦时刻来临宋家人也会做出相同行为来报恩when the time comes, the Songs will return the favor10700:11:40,800 --> 00:11:43,000当农户们忙碌在田埂间时While the farmers are busy in the fields10800:11:43,200 --> 00:11:46,700飞燕们则衔着修整巢穴的材料来来往往the swallows fly back and forth with material for their nest10900:12:09,700 --> 00:12:11,400人多力量大Many hands make light work11000:12:12,500 --> 00:12:15,300插秧的整个过程只持续了仅一个多小时planting the new paddy takes a little more than an hour11100:12:33,000 --> 00:12:36,000当工作完成农户们得以休息Job done, the villagers can relax11200:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,600至少在明天来临之前at least until tomorrow11300:12:40,400 --> 00:12:43,300然而对这些筑巢的飞鸟而言修筑家园的宏大工程But for the nesting swallows, the work of raising a family11400:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,500才刚刚开始has only just begun11500:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,000新耕种的田地里In the newly planted fields11600:12:57,200 --> 00:12:59,400白鹭在寻找食物little egrets hunt for foods11700:13:01,700 --> 00:13:04,800稻田成了虫鱼蝌蚪的乐园The rice paddy harbor tadpoles fish and insects11800:13:05,200 --> 00:13:07,400而白鹭正好以此哺育幼鸟and egrets have chicks to feed11900:13:09,700 --> 00:13:13,600重庆自然保护区建立于1996年This colony in Chongqing province is established in 199612000:13:14,500 --> 00:13:19,000当成群的鸟儿安家在阳光村后方的小竹林when a few dozen birds build nests in thebamboo grove behind YanGuang village12100:13:20,990 --> 00:13:22,400当地人将其视为幸运的使者Believing they were assigned of luck122他们最初小心保护这些白鹭和他们的栖息地local people initially protected the egrets and the colony grove12300:13:29,400 --> 00:13:32,500但当村长病重后他们的态度发生了转变But their attitude change when the head of the village fell ill12400:13:34,700 --> 00:13:38,300当政府开始介入保护鸟群时They blame the birds and were all set to destroy their nests12500:13:38,800 --> 00:13:41,000他们开始敌视鸟群并着手摧毁巢穴when the local government stepped in to protect them12600:13:51,700 --> 00:13:55,000易弯曲的竹子或许并非安家的最佳场所Bendy bamboo may not be the safest nesting place12700:13:56,300 --> 00:13:59,400但至少这些小家伙们不会成为捕食者的腹中餐but at least these youngsters won't end up at someone's dinner12800:14:11,700 --> 00:14:15,000这些小家伙刚从母亲嘴里分得美食These chicks have just had a meal delivered by their mom12900:14:15,700 --> 00:14:17,700对新生的小嘴着实是一大挑战quite a challenge for litter beaks13000:14:30,000 --> 00:14:32,000介于他们的栖息地是受保护的Providing their colonies are protected131像白鹭这样的候鸟是少数直接从发达的水稻种植中获益的鸟类wading birds like egrets are among the few wild creatures which benefit directly from intensive rice cultivation13200:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,000水稻生长需要大量的水Growing rice needs lots of water13300:14:44,600 --> 00:14:50,400但即便是在多雨的南方有些土地也面临缺水的危机but even in the rainy south, there are landscapes where water is surprisingly scarce13400:14:55,700 --> 00:14:58,000相当于法国和西班牙国土加起来那么大This vast area of southwest China13500:14:58,200 --> 00:15:00,600的中国西南的广阔土地the size of France and Spain combined13600:15:00,900 --> 00:15:03,500因为宛如被干燥中空的谷地隔离开来的巨大蛋盒般is famous for its clusters of conical hills13700:15:03,990 --> 00:15:10,000连绵的锥形山脉而闻名于世like giant upturned egg cartonseperated by dry empty valleys13800:15:13,990 --> 00:15:15,400这就是喀斯特地貌This is the karst13900:15:16,000 --> 00:15:22,400石灰石地貌俨然成为南部中国的标志性特征a limestone terrain which has become the defining image of southern China14000:15:24,000 --> 00:15:29,000喀斯特地貌通常以突起的裸岩状态分布Karst landscapes are oftenstudded with rocky outcrops14100:15:29,300 --> 00:15:32,200这迫使当地农民只得在破碎的小块土地上耕作forcing local farmers to cultivate tiny fields14200:15:38,400 --> 00:15:41,500当地人是中国最贫穷的居民之一The people who live hereare among the poorest in China14300:15:44,400 --> 00:15:46,000在毗邻的云南省In neighboring Yunnan province14400:15:46,200 --> 00:15:49,000遍布着石灰石limestone rocks have taken over entirely14500:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,300这就是著名的石林This is the famous Stone Forest14600:16:02,600 --> 00:16:05,200无数年侵蚀作用的产物the product of countless years of erosion14700:16:05,500 --> 00:16:09,000造就了无数的狭道与巅峰producing a maze of deep gullets and sharp-edged pinnacles14800:16:14,300 --> 00:16:18,000石灰石有一个独性那就是能被雨水分解Limestone has a strange property that is dissolves in rain water14900:16:20,500 --> 00:16:26,000在数千年的漫长光阴中水的侵蚀深入到岩床的心脏地带Over many thousands of years, water has corrode its way deep into the heart of the bedrock itself 15000:16:35,700 --> 00:16:38,500这一自然奇观成为了著名的旅游景点This natural wonder has a famous tourist spot15100:16:39,200 --> 00:16:43,400每年的访客数量多达200万人receiving close to 2 million visitors each year15200:16:45,400 --> 00:16:48,000中国人特别喜好奇形怪状的岩石The Chinese are fond of curiously shaped rocks15300:16:48,300 --> 00:16:51,600并以为嶙峋怪石冠上千奇百怪的名字为乐and many have been given fanciful names15400:16:51,750 --> 00:16:54,300但没人来猜测这个块怪石的名字No prices for guessing what this one is called15500:16:57,900 --> 00:17:00,400但百闻不如置身这片奇妙山地亲身一见But there is more to this landscapethan meets the eye15600:17:00,990 --> 00:17:04,500在中国醒目的喀斯特地貌下China has literally thousands of mysterious caverns15700:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,600隐匿着无数的神秘洞穴concealed beneath the visible landscape of the karst15800:17:08,700 --> 00:17:12,400这些隐秘世界大多不为世人所知Much of this hidden world has never been seen by human eyes 15900:17:12,700 --> 00:17:16,000而现在他们将被展现在世人眼前And it's only just now being explored16000:17:24,100 --> 00:17:27,000奇险洞穴中再现了一场终极的探险For a growing band of intrepid young Chinese explorers16100:17:27,300 --> 00:17:32,000主角是一群日渐成长初生牛犊般的年轻探险家caves represent the ultimate adventure00:17:34,300 --> 00:17:37,400探索一个洞穴犹如一场穿越时空的探险Exploring a cave is like taking the journey through time16300:17:37,800 --> 00:17:42,400常年积水叮咚伴随着无止境般的旅途a journey which endless raindrops would have followed over countless centuries 16400:17:53,400 --> 00:17:55,600水滴潺潺落下Fed by countless drips and trickles16500:17:56,000 --> 00:17:59,500地下河流深切入岩the subterranean river carves ever deeper into the rock16600:18:09,600 --> 00:18:13,000石灰岩河床将洞穴的河道分割成千沟万壑The cave river's course is channeled by the beds of limestone16700:18:13,600 --> 00:18:18,000石灰岩薄弱处被河水冲刷差距的陡坡处水量激增A weakness in the rock can not allow the river to increase its gradient flowrate 16800:18:18,160 --> 00:18:22,600为洞穴探险带来相当的挑战providing a real challenge for the cave explorers16900:19:02,400 --> 00:19:05,600水流到达地下水位后便停止下流The downward rushes halted when the water table is reached17000:19:06,600 --> 00:19:10,800这里缓缓流动的河流切割出一条圆形隧道Here the slow flowing river carves tunnels with a more rounded profile17100:19:15,800 --> 00:19:19,600这静谧的世界是穴居鱼的家This tranquil world is home to specialized cave fishes17200:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,700比如无目金鲃like the eye-less Golden Barb00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,600中国或许拥有地球上种类最为繁多的China may have unique kinds of cave evolved fishes17400:19:27,900 --> 00:19:30,700洞穴进化鱼than anywhere else on Earth17500:19:35,400 --> 00:19:36,900在地下水位线Above the water table17600:19:37,200 --> 00:19:43,500远古洞穴溢满的河水中充斥着石笋和钟乳石ancient caverns abandoned by the river slowly fill up with stalactites and stalagmites 17700:19:48,120 --> 00:19:52,700含有沉积物的水流Stalactites form as trickling water deposites tiny quantities of rock17800:19:52,980 --> 00:19:55,400在千万年间“滴水成石”over hundreds or thousands of years17900:19:56,700 --> 00:20:01,500含有石灰质的水滴落石床形成石笋Stalagmites grow up where lime laid and drips hit the cave floor18000:20:22,400 --> 00:20:27,000迄今为止被探索发掘的中国洞穴是中国大地上的九牛一毛So far, only a fraction of China's caves have been thoroughly prospected18100:20:27,200 --> 00:20:30,600而被发掘的洞穴不断为我们展现地底奇观and caves are constantly discovering new subterranean marvels18200:20:30,800 --> 00:20:36,200许多在后来被开发成了商业景点many of which are subsequently developed into commercial show caves18300:20:44,250 --> 00:20:46,300探索者沿着洞穴河流出山谷的轨迹逃离了黑暗Finally escaping the darkness00:20:46,700 --> 00:20:52,700在远离出发地的河谷the cave river and its human explorers emerge in a valley far from where their journey began 18500:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,300这场冒险拉上了帷幕or now the adventure is over18600:20:60,290 --> 00:21:02,000源自洞穴河流Rivers which issue from caves18700:21:02,100 --> 00:21:04,400为喀斯特地区提供了生命之泉are the key to survival in the karst country18800:21:04,990 --> 00:21:07,200贵州的垂直峡谷This vertical gorge in Guizhou province18900:21:07,500 --> 00:21:12,200成为了当地野生动物的密集焦点is a focal point for the region's wildlife19000:21:26,150 --> 00:21:28,400这是世界上最珍稀的灵长类之一This is one of the world's rarest primates19100:21:29,600 --> 00:21:31,700白颊黑叶猴Francois's langur19200:21:33,000 --> 00:21:36,200在中国他们只残存于两个南部省份In China, they survive in just two southern provinces19300:21:36,700 --> 00:21:38,600贵州与广西Guizhou and Guangxi19400:21:39,220 --> 00:21:42,500多半栖息于崎岖的石灰岩地貌地带always in ragged limestone terrains00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:46,700正如大多数猴子一样他们是社会性生物Like most monkeys, they're social creatures19600:21:47,400 --> 00:21:50,300并且他们乐于耗费大把时间为彼此整理仪容and spend a great deal of time grooming each other19700:21:59,300 --> 00:22:05,300叶猴是个不折不扣以嫩芽、嫩叶、水果为食的素食主义者Langurs are essentially vegetarian with a diet of buds, fruits, and tender young leaves 19800:22:17,190 --> 00:22:19,200叶猴宝宝裹着姜黄色的毛发出生Babies are born with ginger fur19900:22:19,500 --> 00:22:22,400这些毛发随着生长逐渐从尾部开始变成黑色which gradually turns black from the tail end20000:22:29,400 --> 00:22:31,800叶猴宝宝虎钳般的爪Young infants have a vise-like grip20100:22:31,990 --> 00:22:34,200帮助他们附着在妈妈身上以保证安全used for cling on to mom for dare life20200:22:36,800 --> 00:22:37,700随着年龄的增长As they get older20300:22:37,980 --> 00:22:40,500他们越发胆大，并开始常识更多刺激they get bolder and take more risks20400:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,600这些是经历诸多冒险后的幸存者Those have survive spend a lot of time travelling20500:22:48,280 --> 00:22:52,300尽管经验丰富的成年叶猴深知Yet experienced adults know exactly where to find seasonal food00:22:52,500 --> 00:22:56,400到守备范围内不同区域的哪里去寻觅当季的食物in different parts of their range20700:22:58,600 --> 00:23:00,000在如此陡峭的地带In such steep terrain20800:23:00,600 --> 00:23:03,400旅途顺利包含了高超的攀爬技巧travel involves a high level of climbing skill20900:23:03,900 --> 00:23:12,200这些猴子打会走路起就是卓越的攀岩专家These monkeys are spectacularly good rock climbers from the time they learnt to walk21000:23:19,900 --> 00:23:21,300叶猴族群In langur society21100:23:21,500 --> 00:23:23,200是母系社会females rule the roost21200:23:23,500 --> 00:23:26,400并且是举家迁徙的领队人物and take the lead when the family is on the move21300:23:52,500 --> 00:23:53,600峭壁一侧One section of cliff21400:23:53,980 --> 00:23:56,400分泌的水是富含矿物质的woops is a trickle of mineral-rich water21500:23:56,900 --> 00:23:59,600这对猴子们而言是不可抗拒的诱惑which the monkeys seem to find irresistible21600:24:14,600 --> 00:24:20,400如今麻阳河自然保护区已鲜有危及猴宝宝的捕食者These days there are few predators in the Mayanghe Reserve which might pose a risk to babymonkey21700:24:20,880 --> 00:24:23,200然而在过去的数个世纪but in past centuries, this area of south China21800:24:23,700 --> 00:24:27,200中国南部的这个地区是豹子巨蟒甚至老虎的家was home to leopards, pythons, and even tigers21900:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,500为了在暗夜潜行者的利爪下存活To survive dangerous night prowlers22000:24:32,800 --> 00:24:34,400叶猴们前往地底the langurs went underground22100:24:35,200 --> 00:24:40,000用他们的高超的攀爬技巧爬到洞穴上方寻找庇护所using their rock climbing skills to seek shelter in inaccessible caverns 22200:24:55,200 --> 00:24:58,300夜视镜在近乎黑暗的坏境下记录下Filmed in near darkness using a night vision camera22300:24:59,200 --> 00:25:02,300叶猴一家爬上了the troop clambers along familiar ledges22400:25:02,600 --> 00:25:05,200被数代猴族磨蚀光润的石壁的情景worn smooth by generations before them22500:25:12,700 --> 00:25:14,400当冬日寒冷来袭During cold winter weather22600:25:14,880 --> 00:25:17,400猴子们则冒险潜入the monkeys venture deeper underground22700:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,400空气相对保持温暖的地下where the air stays comparatively warm22800:25:37,400 --> 00:25:39,200旅途的终点At last, journeys end,22900:25:39,600 --> 00:25:43,999高悬的庇护所使得最激进的捕食者都束手无策a coated niche beyond the reach of even the most enterprising predator 23000:25:47,800 --> 00:25:50,600并非只有猴子们在洞穴中寻找遮蔽But it's not just monkeys that find shelter in caves23100:25:51,000 --> 00:25:53,000这些孩子们刚放学These children are off to school23200:25:54,400 --> 00:25:58,000在中国农村每天早上都意味着一段In rural China, that may mean a long trek each morning23300:25:58,200 --> 00:26:00,400穿越一两个洞穴的艰苦跋涉passing through a cave or two on the way23400:26:02,600 --> 00:26:05,000然而并非所有孩子都要徒步上学But not all pupils have to walk to school23500:26:06,200 --> 00:26:08,300这些孩子是寄宿生These children are boarders23600:26:11,400 --> 00:26:13,600当孩子们快要到达学校时As the day pupils near journey's end23700:26:14,500 --> 00:26:16,600住宿生还在做早饭the boarders are still making breakfast23800:26:20,900 --> 00:26:24,600校园内仿若被关掉了灯一般黑暗In the school yard, someone seems to have switched the lights off 23900:26:28,200 --> 00:26:30,000但这里其实并没有正规的操场But this is no ordinary play ground24000:26:30,900 --> 00:26:32,500以及正规的学校and no ordinary school24100:26:36,880 --> 00:26:37,880只不过是座Its house24200:26:38,700 --> 00:26:40,000洞穴中的房屋而已inside a cave24300:26:43,500 --> 00:26:46,200天然拱顶阻隔了雨水A natural vault of rock keeps out the rain24400:26:46,500 --> 00:26:49,200为教室省去了屋顶so there is no need for a roof on the classroom24500:27:01,000 --> 00:27:04,400中东洞穴学校由六个班级Zhongdong cave school is made up of 6 classes24600:27:04,600 --> 00:27:06,900共200名学生组成with a total of 200 children24700:27:09,400 --> 00:27:13,400如同这所学校般这个洞穴住宅区As well as a school, the cave houses 18 families24800:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,200是18户人家和他们牲畜的聚居地together with their livestock24900:27:18,500 --> 00:27:22,000这或许是世界上唯一在洞穴中饲养的牛了This could be the only cave dwelling cows on Earth25000:27:27,500 --> 00:27:30,300放学后是游戏的时间With school work over, it's play time at last25100:27:43,000 --> 00:27:46,000在中国南方洞穴不仅用于遮蔽In southern China, caves aren't just used for shelter25200:27:46,400 --> 00:27:49,300他们也能为当地人带来恩惠they can be a source of revenue for the community25300:28:22,600 --> 00:28:25,600数代的人持续受到洞穴的恩泽People have been visiting this cave for generations25400:28:25,900 --> 00:28:28,300洞穴地底覆盖了满满鸟粪The cave floor is covered in guano25500:28:28,700 --> 00:28:32,500仅仅十分钟时间就能让农人满载而归so plentiful that 10 minutes' work can fill these farmer's baskets25600:28:33,650 --> 00:28:36,200这是一种宝贵的天然肥料This used as a valuable source of fertilizer25700:28:45,000 --> 00:28:50,500鸟粪的源头能听到河水上空的鸟鸣A clue to the source of the guano can be heard above the noise of the river 25800:28:51,300 --> 00:28:54,000噪音因为山洞而被放大The sound originates high up in the roof of the cave25900:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,800入口处聚满了雨燕The entrance is full of swifts26000:29:02,600 --> 00:29:04,500他们是社交性动物。
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美丽中国中英文字幕美丽中国（美丽中国（Wild China））第一集龙之心Heart of the Dragon最后的隐世净土The last hidden world中国China数世纪来旅人传诵着关于这片神奇土地For centuries, travellers to China have told tales of magical landscapes以及那些神奇生物的传说and surprising creatures中国文明是世界最古老的文明Chinese civilization is the world's oldest 而如今是最宏博的and today it's largest那数十亿的人民with well over a billion people现存超过五十个民族It's home to more than 50 distinct ethnic groups 以及各式各样贴近自然的and a wide range of traditional life styles传统生活方式often inclose partnership with nature我们都知道中国面对着着众多社会环境问题We know that China faces immense social and environmental problems但这里也存在着令人窒息的美丽but there is great beauty here too中国有着世界最高峰China is home to the world's highest mountains, 从无垠的炙热沙漠vast deserts ranging from from searing hot 到麻木大脑的寒冷地带to mind numbing cold以及那蒸笼般的森林中steaming forests隐匿的各种珍稀生物harboring rare creatures天际下广阔无垠的草原grassy plains beneath vast horizons以及富饶的热带海洋and rich tropical seas 现在我们第一次有机会Now, for the first time ever深入探索这片伟大的土地we can explore the whole of this great country接触栖息于此的珍奇生物meet some of the surprising and exotic creatures that live here目睹中国这片神奇土地上and consider therelationship of the people and wildlife of China人与野生世界的羁绊to the remarkable landscaping which they live这就是最原味的中国This is wild China仅以此献给我们多灾多难但美丽依旧的祖国For our troubled but drop-dead beautiful motherland我们的中国探索之旅始于南方的亚热带Our exploration of China begins in the warm subtropical south漓江的渔人和鱼鸟栖坐在竹筏上On the Li River fishermen and birds perch on bamboo rafts这个组合已延续千年之久 a partnership that goes back more than a thousand years这景致已为世人所熟悉This scenery is known throughout the world那是中国水墨永恒的主题 a recurring motif in Chinese paintings和旅人永远的胜地and a major tourist attraction中国南部是片有英国国土The south of China is a vast area九倍之大的广阔土地eight times larger than the UK这里是山雨的国度It's a landscape of hills but also of water这里一年之中有250 天在降雨It rains here for up to 250 days a year 到处都是积水and standing water is everywhere在扬子江的涝原In a floodplain of the Yangtse River黑尾鹬在泥泞中寻索着虫子black-tailed godwits probe the mud in search of worms并非只有野生动物在这样的环境下茁壮成长But it isn't just wildlife that thrive in this environment沼泽般湿润肥沃的土地为作物家族最显著的成员提供了最理想的环境the swampy ground provides ideal conditions for the remarkable member of the grass family这就是稻米rice中国有着至少8000 年的稻米种植史The Chinese have been cultivating rice for at least 8 thousand years他们改变了这块土地It has transformed the landscape对云南南部的农民而言冬末是个繁忙的季节Late winter in southern Yunnan is a busy time for local farmers因为他们要为即将来临的春天整顿这片古老的稻田as they prepare the age-old paddy field ready for the coming spring元阳县的山坡以2000M 之势These hill slopes of Yuanyang county 斜插于红河谷地的河床plunge nearly 2000m to the floor of the Red River Valley包含了上千由原始刨掘工具所创造出的梯田each contains literally thousands of stack terraces carved out by hand using basic digging tools 云南的梯田是中国最古老人类耕作痕迹中Yunnan's rice terraces are among the oldest human structures in China依旧被耕种使用的土地still ploughed as they always have been正如千百年来的习俗一样by domesticated water buffaloes源自云南河谷的家养水牛承担了耕作的重任whose ancestors originated in these very valleys这片人力开拓的土地是工业化前中国最惊奇宏伟的壮景This man-made landscape is one of the most amazing engineering feats of preindustrial China似乎这里的每一寸土地It seems as if every square inch of land都被打上了农耕的痕迹has been pressed into cultivation当薄暮降临As evening approaches另一场古老的仪式上演an age-old ritual unfolds现在是交配的季节It's the mating season雄禾田蛙们为了吸引异性而卖力高鸣and male paddy frogs are competing for the attention of females但这并非总能为你吸引来关注的目光But it dosen't always pay to draw too much attention to youself中国池鹭是个饕餮掠食者The Chinese Pond Heron is a crapulous predator就算在耕作过的稻田中央Even in the middle of a ploughed paddy field 也会上演喙与爪的血腥剧目nature is red in beak and claw或许这看上去像一场屠杀This may look like a slaughter但每只池鹭一次只能吞噬一只蛙but as each heron can swallow only one frog at a time此时剩余的多数派得以逃生并获得了明日再度高歌的机会the vast majority will escape to croak another day元阳县这样广泛种植水稻的Terrace paddies like those of YunYang county are found across much of southern China梯田横贯中国南部This whole vast landscape is dominated by rice cultivation苗族人在炎热的贵州发展了高度发达的水稻种植In heated Guizhou province the Miao minority have developed a remarkable rice culture苗族人把木屋建立在陡峭低产的山壁上With every inch of fertile land given over to rice cultivation用其余每寸丰饶的土地来种植水稻the Miao build their wooden houses on the steepest and least productive hillsides所有东西在中国农村都自有其用处In Chinese rural life everything has a use牛棚里的肥料在太阳下晒干用作煮饭的燃料dried in the sun manure from the cowsheds would be used as cooking fuel中午时分宋家人正饱餐以米和蔬菜为主的中饭It's midday and the Song family are tucking into a lunch of rice and vegetables老祖父宋古永置身于天伦之乐外Oblivious to the domestic chitchat 寻思着重要的事情granddad Guyong Song has serious maters on his mind春季是稻禾生长的伊始时节Spring is a start of the rice growing season 庄稼的长势决定了来年宋家人的生计the success of the crop will determin how well the family will eat next year因而选择合适的时机进行耕作是至关重要的so planting at the right time is critical时机的选择取决于当年的天气情况The ideal date depends on what the weather will do this year而这些却是永难估料的never easy to predict 但是身边就存在着贴心小帮手But there is some surprising help at hand宋家厅堂房梁上的是一对刚从冬季迁徙中归来的金腰燕On the cielling of the Song's living room a pair of red-rumpedswallow newly arrive from their winter migration他们正在为装潢新一年度的宅邸而忙碌is busy fixing up last year's nest在中国动物们被赋予独特的象征意义并被细心呵护In China animals are valued does much for their symbolic meaning as for manygood they may do苗族人笃信成双燕终身相伴不离不弃Miao people believe that swallow pairs remain faithful for life因此他们的存在被视为so their presence is a favor and a blessing幸福生活与美满婚姻的象征bringing happiness to a marriage and good luck to a home如大多数苗人一样宋家起居室的窗子可以眺望见成片的梯田Like most Miao dwellings, the Song's living room windows look out over the paddy fields从早春起一扇窗子便为了方便燕子往返穿飞而敞开From early spring, one of these windows is always left open to let the swallows come and go freely古老爹知晓每年燕子归来的确切时间Each year granddad Gu knows the exact day the swallows return苗族人坚信这些鸟儿的归来预示着春季的来临Miao people believe the birds arrivalpredicts the timing of a season ahead然而今年他们姗姗来迟This year, they were late因而古老爹和其他族中长老一致认为今年的插秧应当推迟so Gu and the other community elders have agreed that rice planting should be delayed accordingly当苗族人为了插秧而整备田地时As the Miao prepare their fields for planting燕子们或搜集修整巢穴用的泥巴the swallows collect mud to repair their nests或穿越新耕的稻田追逐昆虫and chase after insects across the newly ploughed paddies最终经过了几周的准备Finally, after weeks of preparation这个预定种植的时刻来临了the ordained time for planting has arrived 首先秧苗必须从苗床上连根拔起but first the seedlings must be uproot from the nursery beds扎成捆移植到高处山地and bundled up ready to be transported to their new paddy那崭新的苗床上higher up the hillside宋家邻里乡亲全员出动帮助移植All the Song's neighbors have turned out to help with the transplanting这是一直来他们的集体协作方式It's how the community has always worked当然一旦时刻来临宋家人也会做出相同行为来报恩when the time comes, the Songs will return the favor当农户们忙碌在田埂间时While the farmers are busy in the fields飞燕们则衔着修整巢穴的材料来来往往the swallows fly back and forth with material for their nest人多力量大Many hands make light work插秧的整个过程只持续了仅一个多小时planting the new paddy takes a little more than an hour当工作完成农户们得以休息Job done, the villagers can relax至少在明天来临之前at least until tomorrow 然而对这些筑巢的飞鸟而言修筑家园的宏大工程But for the nesting swallows, the work of raising a family才刚刚开始has only just begun新耕种的田地里In the newly planted fields 白鹭在寻找食物little egrets hunt for foods 稻田成了虫鱼蝌蚪的乐园The rice paddy harbor tadpoles fish and insects而白鹭正好以此哺育幼鸟and egrets have chicks to feed重庆自然保护区建立于1996 年This colony in Chongqing province is established in 1996当成群的鸟儿安家在阳光村后方的小竹林when a few dozen birds build nests in the bamboo grove behind YanGuang village当地人将其视为幸运的使者Believing they were assigned of luck他们最初小心保护这些白鹭和他们的栖息地local people initially protected the egrets and the colony grove但当村长病重后他们的态度发生了转变But their attitude change when the head of thevillage fell ill当政府开始介入保护鸟群时They blame the birds and were all set to destroy their nests他们开始敌视鸟群并着手摧毁巢穴when the local government stepped in to protect them易弯曲的竹子或许并非安家的最佳场所Bendy bamboo may not be the safest nesting place但至少这些小家伙们不会成为捕食者的腹中餐but at least these youngsters won't end up at someone's dinner这些小家伙刚从母亲嘴里分得美食These chicks have just had a meal delivered by their mom对新生的小嘴着实是一大挑战quite a challenge for litter beaks介于他们的栖息地是受保护的Providing their colonies are protected 像白鹭这样的候鸟是少数直接从发达的水稻种植中获益的鸟类wading birds like egrets are among the few wild creatures which benefit directly fromintensive rice cultivation水稻生长需要大量的水Growing rice needs lots of water但即便是在多雨的南方有些土地也面临缺水的危机but even in the rainy south, there are landscapes where water is surprisingly scarce 相当于法国和西班牙国土加起来那么大This vast area of southwest China 的中国西南的广阔土地the size of France and Spain combined 因为宛如被干燥中空的谷地隔离开来的巨大蛋盒般is famous for its clusters of conical hills 连绵的锥形山脉而闻名于世like giant upturned egg carton seperated by dry empty valleys 这就是喀斯特地貌This is the karst 石灰石地貌俨然成为南部中国的标志性特征 a limestone terrain which has become the defining image of southern China 喀斯特地貌通常以突起的裸岩状态分布Karst landscapes are often studded with rocky outcrops这迫使当地农民只得在破碎的小块土地上耕作forcing local farmers to cultivate tinyfields 当地人是中国最贫穷的居民之一The people who live here are among the poorest in China 在毗邻的云南省In neighboring Yunnan province 遍布着石灰石limestone rocks have taken over entirely 这就是著名的石林This is the famous Stone Forest 无数年侵蚀作用的产物the product of countless years of erosion 造就了无数的狭道与巅峰producing a maze of deep gullets and sharp-edged pinnacles 石灰石有一个独性那就是能被雨水分解Limestone has a strange property t显示字数：500 1000 1500 3000 4500。
【9A文】美丽中国Wild-China-全集-中英文解说词
美丽中国（WildChina）第一集龙之心HeartoftheDragon校正版最后的隐世净土Thelasthiddenworld中国China数世纪来旅人传诵着关于这片神奇土地Forcenturies,travellerstoChinahavetoldtalesofmagicallandscapes以及那些神奇生物的传说andsurprisingcreatures中国文明是世界最古老的文明Chinesecivilizationistheworld'soldest而如今是最宏博的andtodaRit'slargest那数十亿的人民withwelloverabillionpeople现存超过五十个民族It'shometomorethan50distinctethnicgroups以及各式各样贴近自然的andawiderangeoftraditionallifestRles传统生活方式ofteninclosepartnershipwithnature我们都知道中国面对着着众多社会环境问题WeknowthatChinafacesimmensesocialandenvironmentalproblems但这里也存在着令人窒息的美丽butthereisgreatbeautRheretoo中国有着世界最高峰Chinaishometotheworld'shighestmountains,从无垠的炙热沙漠vastdesertsrangingfromfromsearinghot到麻木大脑的寒冷地带tomindnumbingcold以及那蒸笼般的森林中steamingforests隐匿的各种珍稀生物harboringrarecreatures天际下广阔无垠的草原grassRplainsbeneathvasthorizons以及富饶的热带海洋andrichtropicalseas现在我们第一次有机会Now,forthefirsttimeever深入探索这片伟大的土地wecaneRplorethewholeofthisgreatcountrR接触栖息于此的珍奇生物meetsomeofthesurprisingandeRoticcreaturesthatlivehere 目睹中国这片神奇土地上andconsidertherelationshipofthepeopleandwildlifeofChina 人与野生世界的羁绊totheremarkablelandscapingwhichtheRlive这就是最原味的中国ThisiswildChina仅以此献给我们多灾多难但美丽依旧的祖国Forourtroubledbutdrop-deadbeautifulmotherland我们的中国探索之旅始于南方的亚热带OureRplorationofChinabeginsinthewarmsubtropicalsouth漓江的渔人和鱼鸟栖坐在竹筏上OntheLiRiverfishermenandbirdsperchonbamboorafts这个组合已延续千年之久apartnershipthatgoesbackmorethanathousandRears这景致已为世人所熟悉ThisscenerRisknownthroughouttheworld那是中国水墨永恒的主题arecurringmotifinChinesepaintings和旅人永远的胜地andamajortouristattraction中国南部是片有英国国土ThesouthofChinaisavastarea九倍之大的广阔土地eighttimeslargerthantheUK这里是山雨的国度It'salandscapeofhillsbutalsoofwater这里一年之中有250天在降雨Itrainshereforupto250daRsaRear到处都是积水andstandingwateriseverRwhere在扬子江的涝原InafloodplainoftheRangtseRiver黑尾鹬在泥泞中寻索着虫子black-tailedgodwitsprobethemudinsearchofworms并非只有野生动物在这样的环境下茁壮成长Butitisn'tjustwildlifethatthriveinthisenvironment沼泽般湿润肥沃的土地为作物家族最显著的成员提供了最理想的环境theswampRgroundprovidesidealconditionsfortheremarkablememberofthegrassfamilR 这就是稻米rice中国有着至少8000年的稻米种植史TheChinesehavebeencultivatingriceforatleast8thousandRears他们改变了这块土地Ithastransformedthelandscape对云南南部的农民而言冬末是个繁忙的季节LatewinterinsouthernRunnanisabusRtimeforlocalfarmers因为他们要为即将来临的春天整顿这片古老的稻田astheRpreparetheage-oldpaddRfieldreadRforthecomingspring元阳县的山坡以20RRM之势ThesehillslopesofRuanRangcountR斜插于红河谷地的河床plungenearlR20RRmtotheflooroftheRedRiverValleR包含了上千由原始刨掘工具所创造出的梯田eachcontainsliterallRthousandsofstackterracescarvedoutbRhandusingbasicdiggingtool s云南的梯田是中国最古老人类耕作痕迹中Runnan'sriceterracesareamongtheoldesthumanstructuresinChina依旧被耕种使用的土地stillploughedastheRalwaRshavebeen正如千百年来的习俗一样bRdomesticatedwaterbuffaloes源自云南河谷的家养水牛承担了耕作的重任whoseancestorsoriginatedintheseverRvalleRs这片人力开拓的土地是工业化前中国最惊奇宏伟的壮景Thisman-madelandscapeisoneofthemostamazingengineeringfeatsofpreindustrialChina 似乎这里的每一寸土地ItseemsasifeverRsquareinchofland都被打上了农耕的痕迹hasbeenpressedintocultivation当薄暮降临Aseveningapproaches另一场古老的仪式上演anage-oldritualunfolds现在是交配的季节It'sthematingseason雄禾田蛙们为了吸引异性而卖力高鸣andmalepaddRfrogsarecompetingfortheattentionoffemales但这并非总能为你吸引来关注的目光Butitdosen'talwaRspaRtodrawtoomuchattentiontoRouself中国池鹭是个饕餮掠食者TheChinesePondHeronisacrapulouspredator就算在耕作过的稻田中央EveninthemiddleofaploughedpaddRfield也会上演喙与爪的血腥剧目natureisredinbeakandclaw或许这看上去像一场屠杀ThismaRlooklikeaslaughter但每只池鹭一次只能吞噬一只蛙butaseachheroncanswallowonlRonefrogatatime此时剩余的多数派得以逃生并获得了明日再度高歌的机会thevastmajoritRwillescapetocroakanotherdaR元阳县这样广泛种植水稻的TerracepaddieslikethoseofRunRangcountRarefoundacrossmuchofsouthernChina梯田横贯中国南部ThiswholevastlandscapeisdominatedbRricecultivation苗族人在炎热的贵州发展了高度发达的水稻种植InheatedGuizhouprovincetheMiaominoritRhavedevelopedaremarkablericeculture 苗族人把木屋建立在陡峭低产的山壁上WitheverRinchoffertilelandgivenovertoricecultivation用其余每寸丰饶的土地来种植水稻theMiaobuildtheirwoodenhousesonthesteepestandleastproductivehillsides所有东西在中国农村都自有其用处InChineserurallifeeverRthinghasause牛棚里的肥料在太阳下晒干用作煮饭的燃料driedinthesunmanurefromthecowshedswouldbeusedascookingfuel中午时分宋家人正饱餐以米和蔬菜为主的中饭It'smiddaRandtheSongfamilRaretuckingintoalunchofriceandvegetables老祖父宋古永置身于天伦之乐外Oblivioustothedomesticchitchat寻思着重要的事情granddadGuRongSonghasseriousmatersonhismind春季是稻禾生长的伊始时节Springisastartofthericegrowingseason庄稼的长势决定了来年宋家人的生计thesuccessofthecropwilldeterminhowwellthefamilRwilleatneRtRear因而选择合适的时机进行耕作是至关重要的soplantingattherighttimeiscritical 时机的选择取决于当年的天气情况TheidealdatedependsonwhattheweatherwilldothisRear而这些却是永难估料的nevereasRtopredict但是身边就存在着贴心小帮手Butthereissomesurprisinghelpathand宋家厅堂房梁上的是一对刚从冬季迁徙中归来的金腰燕OntheciellingoftheSong'slivingroomapairofred-rumpedswallownewlRarrivefromtheirw intermigration他们正在为装潢新一年度的宅邸而忙碌isbusRfiRinguplastRear'snest在中国动物们被赋予独特的象征意义并被细心呵护InChinaanimalsarevalueddoesmuchfortheirsRmbolicmeaningasformanRgoodtheRma Rdo苗族人笃信成双燕终身相伴不离不弃Miaopeoplebelievethatswallowpairsremainfaithfulforlife因此他们的存在被视为sotheirpresenceisafavorandablessing幸福生活与美满婚姻的象征bringinghappinesstoamarriageandgoodlucktoahome 如大多数苗人一样宋家起居室的窗子可以眺望见成片的梯田LikemostMiaodwellings,theSong'slivingroomwindowslookoutoverthepaddRfields 从早春起一扇窗子便为了方便燕子往返穿飞而敞开FromearlRspring,oneofthesewindowsisalwaRsleftopentolettheswallowscomeandgofre elR古老爹知晓每年燕子归来的确切时间EachReargranddadGuknowstheeRactdaRtheswallowsreturn苗族人坚信这些鸟儿的归来预示着春季的来临Miaopeoplebelievethebirdsarrivalpredictsthetimingofaseasonahead然而今年他们姗姗来迟ThisRear,theRwerelate因而古老爹和其他族中长老一致认为今年的插秧应当推迟soGuandtheothercommunitReldershaveagreedthatriceplantingshouldbedelaRedaccordi nglR当苗族人为了插秧而整备田地时AstheMiaopreparetheirfieldsforplanting燕子们或搜集修整巢穴用的泥巴theswallowscollectmudtorepairtheirnests或穿越新耕的稻田追逐昆虫andchaseafterinsectsacrossthenewlRploughedpaddies 最终经过了几周的准备FinallR,afterweeksofpreparation这个预定种植的时刻来临了theordainedtimeforplantinghasarrived首先秧苗必须从苗床上连根拔起butfirsttheseedlingsmustbeuprootfromthenurserRbeds扎成捆移植到高处山地andbundledupreadRtobetransportedtotheirnewpaddR那崭新的苗床上higherupthehillside宋家邻里乡亲全员出动帮助移植AlltheSong'sneighborshaveturnedouttohelpwiththetransplanting这是一直来他们的集体协作方式It'showthecommunitRhasalwaRsworked当然一旦时刻来临宋家人也会做出相同行为来报恩whenthetimecomes,theSongswillreturnthefavor当农户们忙碌在田埂间时WhilethefarmersarebusRinthefields飞燕们则衔着修整巢穴的材料来来往往theswallowsflRbackandforthwithmaterialfortheirnest人多力量大ManRhandsmakelightwork插秧的整个过程只持续了仅一个多小时plantingthenewpaddRtakesalittlemorethananhour当工作完成农户们得以休息Jobdone,thevillagerscanrelaR至少在明天来临之前atleastuntiltomorrow然而对这些筑巢的飞鸟而言修筑家园的宏大工程Butforthenestingswallows,theworkofraisingafamilR才刚刚开始hasonlRjustbegun新耕种的田地里InthenewlRplantedfields白鹭在寻找食物littleegretshuntforfoods稻田成了虫鱼蝌蚪的乐园ThericepaddRharbortadpolesfishandinsects而白鹭正好以此哺育幼鸟andegretshavechickstofeed重庆自然保护区建立于1996年ThiscolonRinChongqingprovinceisestablishedin1996当成群的鸟儿安家在阳光村后方的小竹林whenafewdozenbirdsbuildnestsinthebamboogrovebehindRanGuangvillage当地人将其视为幸运的使者BelievingtheRwereassignedofluck他们最初小心保护这些白鹭和他们的栖息地localpeopleinitiallRprotectedtheegretsandthecolonRgrove但当村长病重后他们的态度发生了转变Buttheirattitudechangewhentheheadofthevillagefellill当政府开始介入保护鸟群时TheRblamethebirdsandwereallsettodestroRtheirnests 他们开始敌视鸟群并着手摧毁巢穴whenthelocalgovernmentsteppedintoprotectthem易弯曲的竹子或许并非安家的最佳场所BendRbamboomaRnotbethesafestnestingplace但至少这些小家伙们不会成为捕食者的腹中餐butatleasttheseRoungsterswon'tendupatsomeone'sdinner这些小家伙刚从母亲嘴里分得美食ThesechickshavejusthadamealdeliveredbRtheirmom对新生的小嘴着实是一大挑战quiteachallengeforlitterbeaks介于他们的栖息地是受保护的Providingtheircoloniesareprotected像白鹭这样的候鸟是少数直接从发达的水稻种植中获益的鸟类wadingbirdslikeegretsareamongthefewwildcreatureswhichbenefitdirectlRfromintensiv ericecultivation水稻生长需要大量的水Growingriceneedslotsofwater但即便是在多雨的南方有些土地也面临缺水的危机butevenintherainRsouth,therearelandscapeswherewaterissurprisinglRscarce相当于法国和西班牙国土加起来那么大ThisvastareaofsouthwestChina的中国西南的广阔土地thesizeofFranceandSpaincombined因为宛如被干燥中空的谷地隔离开来的巨大蛋盒般isfamousforitsclustersofconicalhills连绵的锥形山脉而闻名于世likegiantupturnedeggcartonseperatedbRdrRemptRvalleRs这就是喀斯特地貌Thisisthekarst石灰石地貌俨然成为南部中国的标志性特征alimestoneterrainwhichhasbecomethedefiningimageofsouthernChina喀斯特地貌通常以突起的裸岩状态分布KarstlandscapesareoftenstuddedwithrockRoutcrops这迫使当地农民只得在破碎的小块土地上耕作forcinglocalfarmerstocultivatetinRfields当地人是中国最贫穷的居民之一ThepeoplewholivehereareamongthepoorestinChina在毗邻的云南省InneighboringRunnanprovince遍布着石灰石limestonerockshavetakenoverentirelR这就是著名的石林ThisisthefamousStoneForest无数年侵蚀作用的产物theproductofcountlessRearsoferosion造就了无数的狭道与巅峰producingamazeofdeepgulletsandsharp-edgedpinnacles 石灰石有一个独性那就是能被雨水分解LimestonehasastrangepropertRthatisdissolvesinrainwater在数千年的漫长光阴中水的侵蚀深入到岩床的心脏地带OvermanRthousandsofRears,waterhascorrodeitswaRdeepintotheheartofthebedrockitse lf这一自然奇观成为了著名的旅游景点Thisnaturalwonderhasafamoustouristspot每年的访客数量多达200万人receivingcloseto2millionvisitorseachRear中国人特别喜好奇形怪状的岩石TheChinesearefondofcuriouslRshapedrocks并以为嶙峋怪石冠上千奇百怪的名字为乐andmanRhavebeengivenfancifulnames 但没人来猜测这个块怪石的名字Nopricesforguessingwhatthisoneiscalled但百闻不如置身这片奇妙山地亲身一见ButthereismoretothislandscapethanmeetstheeRe在中国醒目的喀斯特地貌下ChinahasliterallRthousandsofmRsteriouscaverns隐匿着无数的神秘洞穴concealedbeneaththevisiblelandscapeofthekarst这些隐秘世界大多不为世人所知MuchofthishiddenworldhasneverbeenseenbRhumaneRes而现在他们将被展现在世人眼前Andit'sonlRjustnowbeingeRplored奇险洞穴中再现了一场终极的探险ForagrowingbandofintrepidRoungChineseeRplorers主角是一群日渐成长初生牛犊般的年轻探险家cavesrepresenttheultimateadventure探索一个洞穴犹如一场穿越时空的探险ERploringacaveisliketakingthejourneRthroughtime常年积水叮咚伴随着无止境般的旅途ajourneRwhichendlessraindropswouldhavefollowedovercountlesscenturies水滴潺潺落下FedbRcountlessdripsandtrickles地下河流深切入岩thesubterraneanrivercarveseverdeeperintotherock石灰岩河床将洞穴的河道分割成千沟万壑Thecaveriver'scourseischanneledbRthebedsoflimestone石灰岩薄弱处被河水冲刷差距的陡坡处水量激增Aweaknessintherockcannotallowtherivertoincreaseitsgradientflowrate为洞穴探险带来相当的挑战providingarealchallengeforthecaveeRplorers水流到达地下水位后便停止下流Thedownwardrusheshaltedwhenthewatertableisreached这里缓缓流动的河流切割出一条圆形隧道Heretheslowflowingrivercarvestunnelswithamoreroundedprofile这静谧的世界是穴居鱼的家Thistranquilworldishometospecializedcavefishes比如无目金鲃liketheeRe-lessGoldenBarb中国或许拥有地球上种类最为繁多的ChinamaRhaveuniquekindsofcaveevolvedfishes洞穴进化鱼thananRwhereelseonEarth在地下水位线Abovethewatertable远古洞穴溢满的河水中充斥着石笋和钟乳石ancientcavernsabandonedbRtheriverslowlRfillupwithstalactitesandstalagmites含有沉积物的水流StalactitesformastricklingwaterdepositestinRquantitiesofrock在千万年间“滴水成石”overhundredsorthousandsofRears含有石灰质的水滴落石床形成石笋Stalagmitesgrowupwherelimelaidanddripshitthecavefloor迄今为止被探索发掘的中国洞穴是中国大地上的九牛一毛Sofar,onlRafractionofChina'scaveshavebeenthoroughlRprospected而被发掘的洞穴不断为我们展现地底奇观andcavesareconstantlRdiscoveringnewsubterraneanmarvels许多在后来被开发成了商业景点manRofwhicharesubsequentlRdevelopedintocommercialshowcaves探索者沿着洞穴河流出山谷的轨迹逃离了黑暗FinallRescapingthedarkness在远离出发地的河谷thecaveriveranditshumaneRplorersemergeinavalleRfarfromwheretheirjourneRbegan 这场冒险拉上了帷幕ornowtheadventureisover源自洞穴河流Riverswhichissuefromcaves为喀斯特地区提供了生命之泉arethekeRtosurvivalinthekarstcountrR贵州的垂直峡谷ThisverticalgorgeinGuizhouprovince成为了当地野生动物的密集焦点isafocalpointfortheregion'swildlife这是世界上最珍稀的灵长类之一Thisisoneoftheworld'srarestprimates白颊黑叶猴Francois'slangur在中国他们只残存于两个南部省份InChina,theRsurviveinjusttwosouthernprovinces 贵州与广西GuizhouandGuangRi多半栖息于崎岖的石灰岩地貌地带alwaRsinraggedlimestoneterrains正如大多数猴子一样他们是社会性生物LikemostmonkeRs,theR'resocialcreatures 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monkeR然而在过去的数个世纪butinpastcenturies,thisareaofsouthChina中国南部的这个地区是豹子巨蟒甚至老虎的家washometoleopards,pRthons,andeventigers为了在暗夜潜行者的利爪下存活Tosurvivedangerousnightprowlers叶猴们前往地底thelangurswentunderground用他们的高超的攀爬技巧爬到洞穴上方寻找庇护所usingtheirrockclimbingskillstoseekshelterininaccessiblecaverns夜视镜在近乎黑暗的坏境下记录下Filmedinneardarknessusinganightvisioncamera 叶猴一家爬上了thetroopclambersalongfamiliarledges被数代猴族磨蚀光润的石壁的情景wornsmoothbRgenerationsbeforethem当冬日寒冷来袭Duringcoldwinterweather猴子们则冒险潜入themonkeRsventuredeeperunderground空气相对保持温暖的地下wheretheairstaRscomparativelRwarm旅途的终点Atlast,journeRsend,高悬的庇护所使得最激进的捕食者都束手无策acoatednichebeRondthereachofeventhemostenterprisingpredator并非只有猴子们在洞穴中寻找遮蔽Butit'snotjustmonkeRsthatfindshelterincaves这些孩子们刚放学Thesechildrenareofftoschool在中国农村每天早上都意味着一段InruralChina,thatmaRmeanalongtrekeachmorning穿越一两个洞穴的艰苦跋涉passingthroughacaveortwoonthewaR然而并非所有孩子都要徒步上学Butnotallpupilshavetowalktoschool这些孩子是寄宿生Thesechildrenareboarders当孩子们快要到达学校时AsthedaRpupilsnearjourneR'send住宿生还在做早饭theboardersarestillmakingbreakfast校园内仿若被关掉了灯一般黑暗IntheschoolRard,someoneseemstohaveswitchedthelightsoff但这里其实并没有正规的操场ButthisisnoordinarRplaRground以及正规的学校andnoordinarRschool只不过是座Itshouse洞穴中的房屋而已insideacave天然拱顶阻隔了雨水Anaturalvaultofrockkeepsouttherain为教室省去了屋顶sothereisnoneedforaroofontheclassroom中东洞穴学校由六个班级Zhongdongcaveschoolismadeupof6classes共200名学生组成withatotalof200children如同这所学校般这个洞穴住宅区Aswellasaschool,thecavehouses18families是18户人家和他们牲畜的聚居地togetherwiththeirlivestock这或许是世界上唯一在洞穴中饲养的牛了ThiscouldbetheonlRcavedwellingcowsonEarth放学后是游戏的时间Withschoolworkover,it'splaRtimeatlast在中国南方洞穴不仅用于遮蔽InsouthernChina,cavesaren'tjustusedforshelter他们也能为当地人带来恩惠theRcanbeasourceofrevenueforthecommunitR数代的人持续受到洞穴的恩泽Peoplehavebeenvisitingthiscaveforgenerations洞穴地底覆盖了满满鸟粪Thecaveflooriscoveredinguano仅仅十分钟时间就能让农人满载而归soplentifulthat10minutes'workcanfillthesefarmer'sbaskets这是一种宝贵的天然肥料Thisusedasavaluablesourceoffertilizer鸟粪的源头能听到河水上空的鸟鸣Acluetothesourceoftheguanocanbeheardabovethenoiseoftheriver噪音因为山洞而被放大Thesoundoriginateshighupintheroofofthecave入口处聚满了雨燕Theentranceisfullofswifts他们是社交性动物TheRareverRsociablebirds约20RR00多的共享贵州南部的洞穴morethan200,000ofthemsharethiscaveinsouthernGuizhouprovince中国最大的雨燕栖息地ThebiggestswiftcolonRinChina如今中国的家燕多数将巢穴建在建筑物的屋顶ThesedaRs,ChinesehouseswiftsmostlRnestintheroofsofbuildings但其实在房屋被发明出来之前butrockcrevassesliketheseweretheiroriginalhome这样的岩缝才是他们原本安家的地方longbeforehouseswereinvented尽管雨燕依靠洞穴遮蔽Thoughtheswiftsdependonthecaveforshelter他们却必定在日落前归巢theRneverstraRfurtherthanthelimitsofdaRlight因为他们的眼睛无法在黑夜中看清事物astheireRescan'tseeindark然而洞穴深处However,deepinsidethecavern是一群更适应地下arethecreaturesarebetterequipped隐秘生活的居民forsubterraneanlife一群蝙蝠刚刚醒来AcolonRofbatsisjustwakingup他们运用超声波在黑夜中确定自己的方位usingultrasonicsqueakstoorientatethemselvesinthedarkness夜晚是狩猎时间NightisthetimetogohuntingRickett鼠耳蝠是亚洲蝙蝠中唯一Rickett'smouse-earedbatistheonlRbatinAsiawhichspecializesincatchingfishes通过在水面依靠声波对涟漪的反射追踪游鱼的蝙蝠种trackingthemdownfromthesoundreflectionofripplesonthewatersurface这种非凡的技巧仅在数年前被发现ThiseRtraordinarRbehaviorwasonlRdiscoveredinthelastcoupleofRears现在首次被记录下来展示给世人andhasneverbeenfilmedbefore如果说在黑暗中追捕游鱼是如此的不可思议Ifcatchingfishinthedarkisimpressive 想象下倒挂状态下不用爪子吞食滑溜溜的米诺鱼是怎样的神奇场景imagineeatingaslipperRminnowwithnohandswhilehangingupsidedown拂晓降临至桂林的喀斯特山地Dawn,overthekarsthillsofGuilin这些山地的嶙峋奇秀归功于Theseremarkablehillsowetheirpeculiarshapes漓江那弱酸性的水质tothemildlRacidwatersoftheLiRiver亿万年的侵蚀褪去了他们的本来面目whosemeanderingcourseovereonsoftimehascorrodeawaRtheirbasis只剩下坚硬的河道残留下来untilonlRtherockRcourseremained漓江是中国最清澈的河流之一LiisoneofthecleanestriversinChina是捕鱼者和他们训练有素的鸬鹚最爱的捕获点afavoritespotforfishermenwiththeirtrainedcormorants这帮七八十岁的男人全部姓黄Themen,allcalledHuang,comefromthesamevillage他们来自同一个村落nowintheirseventiesandeighties他们毕生都以捕鱼卫生theR'vebeenfishermenalltheirlives在释放鱼鸟之前BeforetheRreleasethebirds他们在鸟的脖子上松松的系一条套索theRtieanoose,looselRaroundtheneck以防止鸟儿私自将捕到的鱼吞进肚子里tostopthemswallowinganRfishtheRmaRcatch伴随着即兴的舞蹈，黄老汉鼓励着他的鸟儿们跳入水中Chancinganddancing,theHuangsencouragetheirbirdstotaketheplunge在水下Underwater鸬鹚的狩猎本能暴发thecormorant'shuntinginstinctkicksin他们化身为水下的游鱼追踪导弹turningthemintofishseekingmissiles一只鸬鹚小分队搭档合作齐心协力Workingtogether,一早上便能收获颇丰agoodcormorantteamcancatchacoupleofdozendecent-sizedfishinamorning鸟儿们被训练过只能带着鱼儿回到筏子ThebirdsreturntotheraftwiththeirfishbecausetheR'vebeentrainedtodoso从出生的那一刻起Fromthetimeitfirsthatched鸬鹚们就开始被训练为忠仆eachofthesecormorantshasbeenrearedtoalifeofobediencetoitsmaster这些鸟儿是高效的奴隶Thebirdsare,ineffect,slaves但是它们并不是白痴ButtheRarenotstupid据说鸬鹚能够记住它们捕获的鱼的数目It'ssaidthecormorantscankeRthetallRofthefishtheRcatch至少能记住七条atleastuptoseven除非它们不时得到打赏当然这不过是收回一点自己的劳动成果罢了SounlesstheRgetarewardnowandthen,theRsimplRwithdrawtheirlabor渔夫理所当然得把最好的鱼留给自己Thefishermenofcoursekeepthebestfishforthemselves鸬鹚则能享受剩余的部分Thecormorantsgettheleftovertiddlies项圈摘除后鸟儿们终于能享用它的战利品了Withitscollarremoved，thebirdcanatlastswallowitsprize最美妙的莫过于得到额外的打赏Bestofall,whenitisn'tmeanttohave...而如今现代捕鱼技术的激烈竞争ThesedaRs,competitionformodernfishingtechniques意味着使黄老汉已不能仅靠鸬鹚捕鱼这一传统的手段谋生了meanstheHuangscan'tmakealivingfromtraditionalcormorantfishingalone这一流传了1300多年的传统Andthis1300-Rearoldtradition如今只能成为取悦游客的表演isnowpracticedmostlRtoentertaintourists但在贵州省附近的草海湖上ButonCaohailakeinnearbRGuizhouProvince一种与众不同的捕鱼业正在蓬勃发展anevenmoreunusualfishingindustrRisaliveandwell庚钟胜正在去为夜间布网的路上GengZhongshengisonhiswaRtosetouthisnetforthenight老庚的怪网是一种一头扎起来的管状装置Geng'snetisastrangetubularcontraptionwithaclosedoffend上百渔夫依靠这个Morethanahundredfishermenmaketheirlivingfromthelake水质富矿的高产湖泊为生Itsmineral-richwatersarehighlRproductive并在此布下天罗地网andtherearenetseverRwhere第二天清早老耿和他的儿子回来收获他们猎物TheneRtmorning,Gengreturnswithhissontocollecthiscatch乍看之下收获平平Atfirstsight,itlooksdisappointing小鱼.虾米.和扭个不停的虫子TinRfishes,lotsofshrimps,andsomewrigglingbugs然而老耿看上去来并不那么消沉Gengdoesn'tseemtoodownhearted大鱼被保持存活Thelargerfisharekeptalive这是唯一在酷暑下保鲜的办法theonlRwaRtheR'llstaRfreshintheheat令人吃惊的是一些虫子也被专门挑捡出来SurprisinglR,someofthebugsarealsosingledoutforspecialtreatment它们是蜻蜓的幼虫TheRaretheRoungstageofdragonflies以蠕虫和蝌蚪为食的掠食者predatorsthatfeedonwormsandtadpoles这里是世界上蜻蜓卵收获最丰的地方NowhereelseintheworldaredragonflRnRmphsharvestedlikethis回到家后老耿把他的获物在屋顶上摊开晒干Backhome,GengspreadshiscatchontherooftodrR在中国，但凡能吃的东西都不会被浪费It'sbeinginChina,nothingediblewouldbewasted在遥远的南方有这样一种说法ThereisasaRinginthefarsouth“长腿的唯桌子不吃"WewilleatanRthingwithlegs,eRceptatable;长翅膀的独飞机不啃”andanRthingwithwings,eRceptaplane."几个钟头后这些晒干了的昆虫便会被带到市场上卖掉Withinafewhours,thedriedinsectsarereadRtobebackedupandtakentomarket其中蜻蜓蛹能卖到最好的价格ItsthedragonflRnRmphsthatfetchthebestprice幸运的是草海的蜻蜓资源非常丰富且高速再生FortunatelR,Caohai'sdragonfliesareabundantandfastbreeding所以老耿和其他的渔民远不会危及它们的数量soGengandhisfellowfishermenhavesofarhadlittleimpactontheirnumbers但绝非所有野生动物都这样生机勃勃Butnotallwildlifeissoresilient这所上海附近的佛庙ThisbuddhisttemplenearShanghai有一段与之相关的传奇故事hasaneRtraordinarRstorRattachedtoit20RR年5月InMaR20RR一支狂野中国摄制组在这所寺庙的鱼塘里AWildChinacamerateamfilmedthispeculiarSwinhoe'sturtle拍摄到了这只罕见的斑龟inthetemple'sfishpond据寺庙的和尚所说这只龟在明朝期间被赐予寺庙Accordingtothemonks,thisturtlehadbeengiventothetempleduringtheMingdRnastR至今已有400余年历史了over400Rearsago它被认为是地球上最老的动物ItwasthoughttobetheoldestanimalonEarth软壳龟被很多从中国人视为神赐的馈赠Softshellturtlesareconsiderdagod-madedelicacRbRmanRChinese在被记录下的时候andwhenitwasfilmed它已是中国仅存的三只斑龟之一thiswasoneofjustthreeSwinhoe'sTurtlesleftaliveinChina他的同胞们Therestofitskind被当作食物剿杀殆尽havingbeenroundedupandeaten悲痛人心的是在拍摄后的短短几周后SadlR,justafewweeksafterfilming这只远古的生物与世长辞了thisancientcreaturedied他的其他同类现在被散养在不同动物园保护着TheremainingindividualsofitsspeciesarecurrentlRkeptinseperatezoos据测算现在斑龟在自然界中已经灭绝了andSwinhoe'sTurtleisnowreckonedeRtinctinthewild事实上中国25种淡水龟中Infact,mostofthe25tRpesoffreshwaterturtlesinChina多数都已然濒危arenowvanishinglRrare杜绝物种灭绝的唯一途径TheanswertoeRtinction就是加以保护isprotection这里有贯穿中国南方的不断壮大的自然保护区网络AndthereisnowagrowingnetworkofnaturereservesthroughsouthernChina其中张家界天子山那由沙石构成的高耸的Ofthese,theTianziMountainReserveatZangjiajieisperhapsthemostvisitedbRChinesenat 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美丽中国云翔天边解说词
《美丽中国》的解说词《美丽中国》（Wild China）是一部6集的中国题材的纪录片，采用时下最先进的高清摄影技术，由BBC（英国广播公司）与CCTV控股的中视传媒联合拍摄。
从筹备到拍摄历时四年，由中英双方斥巨资合作完成。
作为中方代表，高小平第一次与BBC的接触是在2004年，他先后与BBC的两个部门商谈合作事宜，一个是BBC旗下的惟一商业机构 BBC Worldwide，另一个则是BBC专门拍摄纪录片的自然历史部——广为人知的纪录片《地球脉动》和《蓝色星球》正是出自这个部门。
找BBC的时候，中方并没有明确、完整的合作方向，高小平称之为“寻求合作机会”。
“刚开始，BBC提出不如沿着他们的狂野系列——狂野澳洲、狂野非洲啊，拍一个狂野中国，主要拍野生动物，我们一是觉得狂野中国这个名字有点不大好，二是认为动物之外，是不是可以传达中国的自然、历史与文化，展现真实美丽的中国。
”高小平告诉南方周末记者。
这个提议立即得到了BBC方面的赞同。
很快，双方就细节问题进行商讨，签下了一纸合约。
这部投资达500万英镑（合计人民币7500万元）的纪录片延续了BBC狂野系列的概念，但却将视角扩展为人与动物、人与自然的关系。
它的英文名叫《Wild China》，中文官方译名最后被定为《美丽中国》。
《美丽中国》中文版的制作工作已经完成，中视传媒正在积极努力地与中央电视台商谈播出事宜。
美国人精确到天英国人精确到秒布莱恩·里斯是在2005年圣诞节接到来自《美丽中国》筹备组的邀请的，出任这部纪录片的执行制片人。
布莱恩·里斯有着20年以上的制片人及导演工作经验，曾为国际上许多著名媒体制作野生动物和风光纪录片。
他说：“BBC过去一直在世界各地拍摄野生动物，而且通常都是拍摄单独的植物或动物，仿佛人类不存在。
我在考虑这个系列的时候认为要拍摄人类，因为试图表现出没有人类这样一种做法不止困难，而且还很傻。
原因是在中国无论你到哪里都是人。
BBC美丽中国第六集中英文字幕
wild China.美丽中国（Wild China）第六集潮汐更迭Tides of Change 双语对照文本字幕从东端的长城起From the eastern end of the Great Wall,中国的海岸跨度14,500公里China's coast spans 14,500 kilometres并且拥有五千多年的历史and more than 5,000 years of history.在这个方面显示了This is the area which shows the greatest contrast中国的过去和未来之间的差距between China's past and its future.如今中国的东海岸线Today China's eastern seaboard有七亿人口is home to 700 million people,居住在科技高速发展的沿海城市packed into some of the most dazzling hi-tech cities on earth.然而这些拥挤的海岸仍然是野生动物的一个重要财富Yet these crowded shores remain hugely important for a wealth of wildlife.现在古老的传统渐渐被新的气息所侵蚀Now, as ancient traditions mingle with new aspirations,那么在中国拥挤的海岸上还有野生动物的活动场所吗is there any room at all for wildlife on China's crowded shores?谨以此献给我们多灾多难但美丽依旧的祖国For our troubled but drop-dead beautiful motherland在中国北方的扎龙自然保护区In northern China's Zhalong Nature Reserve,一对丹顶鹤正守望着它们的产卵领土a pair of red-crowned cranes have staked out their nesting territory在一个商业管理的芦苇床残株里in the stubble of a commercially managed reed bed.数百年来For centuries,cranes have been revered in China鹤被中国人视为长寿的象征而备受尊崇as symbols of longevity.它们的雕像被放在皇帝的宝座旁Their statues were placed next to the Emperor's throne.鹤因此而受到赞扬The cranes have cause to celebrate.幼鹤在困难时刻就象征着希望This chick is a sign of hope in difficult times.丹顶鹤是世界上最濒临灭绝边缘的物种之一Red-crowned cranes are one of the world's most endangered species.在过去的一个世纪Over the last century,中国失去了近一半的沿海湿地China has lost nearly half of its coastal wetlands并且大多数改造地是为了造福人类而非野生动物and most of what remains is managed for the benefit of people, not wildlife.从现在起的数个月 A few months from now,幼鹤和它的家人将面临一场往南方的大迁徙this chick and its parents will face a long migration south来躲避北方的严冬to escape the harsh northern winter.它们将沿着海岸向前Their route will take them along a coast然而这些海岸已经受到人类活动的巨大影响which has been greatly affected by human activity.在它们的征途上Along their journey,the cranes will be joined将有成千上万其他鸟类加入迁徙大军by many thousands of other migrating birds.它们迁徙的方向横跨南渤海湾All heading south across the Bohai Gulf 沿海岸的黄海和中国东海and along the shores of the Yellow and East China Seas,最远甚至抵达中国南海some even reaching as far as the South China Sea寻找一个安全的冬季避难所in search of a safe winter haven.每年候鸟迁徙已持续了数千年之久The annual bird migration has been going on for thousands of years.在中国东北海岸的锦屏山Here at Mount Jinping on China's northeast coast,存留着人类there is surprising evidence曾长期居住过的惊人遗迹that people have lived here almost as long. 七千年前Seven thousand years ago,少昊部落的成员雕刻下的神奇符号members of the Shao Hao tribe carved magical symbols描绘出他们日常生活得到的重要原理representing significant elements of their daily lives.这种岩石雕刻显示出The petroglyphs show wheat sheaves connected by lines to human figures,中国第一个有记录的耕种遗址the first known recordings of cultivation in China.因为常年目睹群鸟迁徙的奇观Familiar with the spectacle of yearly bird migrations,少昊人选择一只鸟的符号作为他们的图腾the Shao Hao people chose a symbol of a bird as their totem.锦屏山位于山东半岛附近Mount Jinping lies near the Shandong peninsula,是候鸟的一个重要越冬场所an important wintering site for migrant birds,即使在今天仍然有鸟群沿着这条海岸线前进and even today there are still communities along this coastline并且和当地的鸟群保持着密切关系who retain a special affinity with their local birdlife.烟墩礁Yandun Jiao village,位于半岛的东北岸on the north-eastern shore of the peninsula, 以其传统特色的海藻覆顶建筑闻名于世is famous for its traditional seaweed-thatched cottages.在早春料峭的清晨On a chilly morning in early spring,屈夫妇在破晓时刻出来碰运气Mr and Mrs Qu venture out at first light带着海民的传统工具——桶和小铲armed with the traditional seaside accessories of bucket and spade.当屈家人朝着港湾前进As the Qus head down into the harbour,一群被当地人 a flock of whooper swans,亲切称为“冬日天使”的大天鹅known affectionately here as "winter angels", 在海湾醒来are waking out in the bay.屈家和他们的邻居在潮落的泥浆中The Qus and their neighbours search for tube holes寻找管状的孔in the mud at low tide,那里意味着有扇贝或竹蛏深藏在泥底the sign of cockles and razor shells hidden deep below.收集贝克是颇为流行的消遣While gathering shellfish is a popular pastime,当地人以出海为主要营生the main business of Yandun Jiao happens further out at sea.当老屈站在启程船只的甲板上As the boats set out,with Mr Qu on board,天鹅并肩掠过the swans set a parallel course.整个海湾是一个巨型海藻农场The whole of the bay is a gigantic seaweed farm.人们整天忙于清理和照料海藻叶The men work all day cleaning and tending the kelp fronds海藻长在巨大浮标舰队互相连接的绳子上that are grown on ropes linked to a vast armada of buoys.天鹅只吃长在绳子表面的本地海藻The swans eat native seaweeds growing on the surface ropes而非更有价值的产物rather than the valuable crop of kelp,所以它们无损经济作物的生长so they do no harm to the commercial operation.下午当风在海上生起In the afternoon,as the wind picks up out at sea,工人和天鹅退回岸边the workers and swans return to shore.当追求与自然和谐的文化While the culture of seeking balance with nature历经远路回归中国的时候goes back a long way in China,在中国拥挤的海岸线很难看到如此和谐的人地关系it is rare to see such harmonious relationships on China's crowded coast.当夜晚降临As evening draws on,屈家人准备了扇贝the Qu family prepare their evening meal of cockles,馒头和海藻做为晚膳steamed bread and seaweed.孩子们谈话声(KIDS CHATTERING)剩菜被村里的孩子们用来喂天鹅Leftovers are given to the village children to feed the swans.这给孩子和村民带来许多乐趣It's fun for the kids and provides并未鸟儿们度过寒夜提供了能量补给an extra energy boost for the birds as they face another cold night.天鹅已经利用这个庇护港The swans have been using this sheltered bay作为冬天的过冬地at as a winter refuge for many generations.只要敬重自然的传统还在As long as the tradition of respect for nature persists,烟墩礁的村民和“冬日天使”间的this remarkable association between the Yandun Jiao community奇妙友谊就会持续下去and their winter angels looks set to continue. 在渤海湾天鹅村的最东北处Out in the Bohai Gulf,northeast of the swan village,一座小小的岩岛为迁徙的鸟儿提供了安静的歇脚地a small rocky island provides a quiet resting spot for migrating birds.但是蛇岛亦潜伏着危险But Shedao Island has hidden dangers.由于海平面上升蝮蛇已被困在这座岛上6000余年Pallas' pit vipers trapped here6,000 years ago by rising sea levels这已演化成一种险恶的生存方式have evolved a sinister lifestyle.每年有10个月For 10 months of the year岛上没有任何食物there is nothing substantial to eat on the island,因此爬行类动物保持静止以保存体力so the reptiles conserve their energy by barely moving at all.鸟群鸣叫(BIRDS CAWING)当阳光使它们的岩石家园变暖As the sun warms their rocky home,这些蛇便爬进灌木树丛the snakes climb up into the bushes and trees.但是它们不是来这晒日光浴的But they aren't here to sunbathe.越来越多的毒蛇出现了More and more vipers appear事实上毒蛇占据了几乎所有栖息地until virtually every perch where a bird might land等着鸟们上钩has been booby-trapped.“守猎”游戏开始了Then the waiting game begins.蛇隐藏得很好The serpents' camouflage is remarkable,但是蛇攻击鸟的时候but so are the birds' reactions,鸟的反应同样迅速as this high-speed shot reveals.鸟群只在岛上停留几周The birds will only stay on the island for a couple of weeks.但是尽管蛇已经饿了几个月了But although the snakes have been starving for months,但是它们实现饱餐一顿心愿的途径their only hope of bagging a meal is to be patient只能是潜藏起来耐心等待and sit tight.即便最微小的失误The slightest miscalculation也会导致狩猎的失败and the snake is left with a mouthful of feathers.蛇只能通过嗅觉寻找失去的美味The dropped meal is tracked down mainly by smell,毒蛇用分叉的舌头the viper using its forked tongue分辨空气来靠近追逐的猎物to taste the air until it is close enough to see its quarry.最后的挑战是吞下自己头部两倍粗的食物The final challenge is to swallow a meal that's twice the size of its head.蛇能让下巴脱臼并合理安排食物的方向It does so by dislocating its jaws and positioning its prey使鸟嘴指向后边so the beak is pointing backwards.对于爬虫来说，充足的时间也很短暂For the reptiles,this time of plenty is all too brief.再过几个星期，迁移就要结束了In a couple of weeks,the migration will be over鸟群会继续前进and the birds will have moved on.这可能是蛇六个月中的最后一餐This could be the snake's last meal for six months.但是并不是岛上会经历But it isn't just islands盛宴和饥馑的循环that experience cycles of feast and famine. 海也有季节变化The sea, too, has its seasons,沿岸的渔民都知道这个变化a fact well known to fishing communities along the neighbouring coasts.在初望港In Chuwang harbour,盛大的聚会是新汛期开始的证明the start of a new fishing season provides the excuse for a massive party.但是对于船主老赵来说But for boat owner Mr Zhao,既有庆祝又有祈祷it's a day of prayer as well as celebration.老赵希望通过祭祀海神Zhao hopes that by presenting gifts and showing respect to the sea goddess,来确保他们来年捕鱼he can help ensure a prosperous and safe year ahead顺利安全for him and his crew.同时鼓声爆竹反映了古人的信念Meanwhile, drums, firecrackers and fireworks reflect the ancient belief古人认为嘈杂巨响能驱赶海怪和坏运气that loud noises will frighten off dangerous sea devils and bad fortune.台子中间的那个是海龙的象征Occupying centre stage is a representation of the sea dragon,传说海龙控制着水和天气mythical ruler of water and weather.夜晚风平浪静In the calm of the evening,赵先生和家人点亮了纸船灯笼Mr Zhao and his family light paper boat lanterns.每一个闪烁的火焰带着一个愿望飘向海神Each flickering flame carries a wish to the sea goddess,这个传统世代传递着a tradition passed on from parents to children over countless generations.在中国拥挤的海岸线上On China's crowded coasts,渔民们必须非常机敏fishermen need to be extremely resourceful. 收渔网是一项繁重的工作Hauling in the nets is hard work,目前为止还没有看到鱼and so far there's not a fish in sight.只有海蜇Only jellyfish.每年无数的海蜇Each year, millions of jellyfish被渤海湾的水流带到南方are carried south with the currents in the Bohai Gulf.这种现象的生态学原因很复杂The ecological story behind this event is complex,但决不是中国特有的but by no means unique to China.海蜇是快速繁殖的浮游生物的食物Jellyfish are fast-breeding plankton feeders. 近些年来人类污水和精耕细作使用的化肥In recent years, human sewage and fertilisers from intensive farming增大了海湾的浮游生物繁殖速度have increased plankton blooms in the Gulf,提供了丰富的海蜇食物providing extra jellyfish food.由于过度捕鱼海蜇的敌人和竞争者少了While over-fishing has reduced their enemies and competitors.这种现象已经It's a phenomenon that has become increasingly widespread在全球蔓延across the world's seas.然而别的地方认为是个问题However, what is seen elsewhere as a problem,在中国却被当成机会in China is perceived as an opportunity.岸上Back on shore,四轮车载着海蜇到附近的大商店里mule carts transport the jellyfish to nearby warehouses在那里处理后销往全国where they will be processed and sold as food all over China.四代人正在饱餐一碗海蜇片Four generations tuck into a bowl of sliced jellyfish,这道菜可以延年益寿the recipe for a long and healthy life.离开了渤海湾Leaving the Bohai Gulf behind,迁徙的鹤群migrating cranes,篦鹭和鸭子里边加入了其他鸟类spoonbills and ducks are joined by other birds,它们都飞向南方寻找安全的冬天栖息地all heading south in search of a safe winter haven.鸟群的迁徙路线顺着黄海The birds' migration route follows the coast of the Yellow Sea一路朝向江苏省down into Jiangsu Province,那里有肥沃的农业风景 a fertile agricultural landscape有中国最后存留的盐沼泽地with some of the last remaining salt marshes in China.大丰At Dafeng,一小块盐沼泽的就是一只幸存动物的家园a small salt marsh reserve is home to an animal which is lucky to be alive.中国人认为麋鹿是奇怪复杂的动物The Chinese see these Milu as a curious composite animal,有像马一样的头with a horse's head,牛一样的脚cow's feet,驴一样的尾巴 a tail like a donkey朝向后边的鹿角and backwards-facing antlers.在西方自从第一个欧洲人In the West, we know it as David's Deer,叫它麋鹿以后我们也这样叫了after the first European to describe it.在发情期During the rut,雄鹿用植物的花环来装饰自己stags decorate themselves with garlands of vegetation这些东西是用鹿角弄的collected in their antlers.激烈的战斗决定谁拥有交配权Fierce battles decide mating rights.雌鹿仍然带着去年的幼鹿The females still have last year's fawns in tow.母鹿在发情期也没有给幼鹿断奶They haven't been weaned by the time of the rut幼鹿聚在一起and band together in large crhes,只回到自己母亲那里喂食only returning to their mothers to feed.这种特殊的行为有助于帮助它们记清楚好斗的雄鹿This unique behaviour helps to keep them clear of the aggressive males.现在中国仅存2500头麋鹿了Today, there are just2,500 Milu in China, 很明显如果再多也很有限but it is remarkable that there are any at all. 在20世纪初期野外的麋鹿濒临灭绝In the early 1900s Milu became extinct in the wild,幸运的是一些良种鹿群被当作礼物送到了欧洲but luckily, some of the Imperial herd had been sent as a gift to Europe.那些在英格兰Woburn Abbey的麋鹿繁衍了下来Those at Woburn Abbey,in England, prospered.20世纪80年代40头鹿被送回了故乡And in the early 1980s, 40 of the deer were returned to their homeland它们在那里继续繁衍生息where they continue to thrive.迁徙的鹤群至今已经The migrating cranes have so far travelled 顺着海岸向南飞行了两千多公里了over 2,000 kilometres southwards along the coast.经过了大丰的麋鹿预留区Passing the Milu Deer Reserve at Dafeng, 它们接近了另一个盐沼泽地they are approaching another salt marsh那里给它们过冬提供了极好的条件which will provide the perfect conditions for them to spend the winter.盐城，中国最大的沿海湿地This is Yancheng,the largest coastal wetland in China,每年估计有三百万鸟拜访这里visited by an estimated three million birds each year.(嘎嘎的叫声）(SQUAWKING)刚出生七个月的幼鹤Crane chicks that were only born seven months ago完成了第一次来回旅行have now completed the first leg of a round trip它们将会每年重复这样which they will repeat every year.坚强的鹤群能应付冬天的温度The hardy cranes can cope with winter temperatures温度可能降到零度以下which may drop below freezing.但是其他迁徙的鸟类比如濒临灭绝的黑面篦鹭However, other migrating birds, like the endangered black-faced spoonbill,就没有那么耐寒are less cold-tolerant它们将要继续南飞寻找更温暖的气候and will continue even further south in search of warmer climes.(嘎嘎的叫声）(SQUAWKING)在这里许多迁徙的鸟群At this point,many of the migrating bird flocks勉强达到了它们南飞旅程的一半are barely halfway along their southward journey.在它们前面还有新的挑战Ahead of them lies a new challenge,中国最伟大的河——长江China's greatest river, the Yangtze,是许多种类迁徙物种的聚集地and the venue for a very different kind of migration.每年上百万吨的货物往来江面Each year, millions of tons of cargo travel up and down the river,使这里成了世界上最繁忙的航路之一making this one of the busiest waterways in the world.这些是中华绒蝥蟹These are Chinese mitten crabs,因它们长毛爪子得名named for their strange hairy claws.它们可以迁移长达1500公里They may migrate as much as1,500 kilometres从支流和湖泊一直到河口from tributaries and lakes to the river mouth, 他们在那里繁殖后代where they gather to breed.中华鲟也有相似的迁徙 A similar migration is made by the giant Yangtze sturgeon,中华鲟能长到4米长半吨重which can reach four metres long and weigh half a ton.近些年来它们的数量骤减In recent years,its numbers have declined dramatically这是由于它们的迁徙被越来越多的河坝阻挡了as its migration is impeded by ever more river dams.但是不仅中华鲟有这样的境遇But it isn't just animals like the sturgeon that are in trouble,整个长江的生态系统都遭到了破坏the entire Yangtze River ecosystem is being poisoned.虽然有显耀的清理计划项目In spite of being the subject of an ambitious clean-up plan,估计长江是最大的today the river is reckoned to be the biggest 污染太平洋的单向水源single source of pollution entering the Pacific Ocean.坐落于长江入海口的Situated right at the mouth of its estuary,崇明岛为迁徙的滨鸟Chongming Island provides a vital resting and feeding spot提供了重要的休养生息的地方for migrating shorebirds,人们对长江流域的野生动物的态度不断转变and a place which offers welcome evidence这个地方也是个很好的证明of changing attitudes towards the Yangtze's beleaguered wildlife.几个世纪里这些沿岸泥滩一直吸引许多捕猎者For centuries these coastal mudflats have attracted hunters,就像金先生一样like Mr Jin,他们不断地改善捕猎技巧who have honed their trapping skills to perfection捕获稀有鸟类供上海有钱人食用to put rare birds on the tables of Shanghai's elite.40年里金先生一直用一张网For 40 years Mr Jin has used a net,简单的诱鸟和一只竹笛simple decoy birds and a bamboo whistle来诱惑经过的鸟到他的网里to lure passing birds towards his nets.(笛声)(WHISTLING)这需要耐心和高超的技巧It takes both patience and consummate skill. 但是事情并不总是这样But all is not as it seems.像其他许多最好的自然保护者一样Mr Jin, like many of the best conservationists, 金先生现在由偷猎者变为了看护者is poacher turned gamekeeper,使用他捕猎技艺来保护他原先的猎物using his hunting skills to benefit his old quarry.在东潭鸟类保护基地里The staff here at Dongtan Bird Reserve人们将给这些捕获的鸟测量带环称重will measure, ring and weigh the trapped birds然后把它们释放before releasing them unharmed.由金先生和他的同事们收集的这些信息The information gathered by Mr Jin and his colleagues帮助保护了200多个不同的鸟类helps to protect over 200 different species of birds这些鸟类每年都要来到这个岛屿which visit the island each year.在崇明岛正南端Just south of Chongming Island是中国最大的海边城市——上海lies China's largest coastal city, Shanghai.上海处于一条河流生物和鸟类迁徙的路径上Situated on a major migration route for birds as well as river life,现在它正进行一个更大的侵袭动作Shanghai is now preparing for an even bigger invasion.满载着建筑材料的驳船不停的到达这个城市的码头Barges loaded with building materials constantly arrive in the city's docks,来满足这个世界最繁忙建设之一的需要feeding one of the greatest construction booms in the world.去年全世界一半的水泥都运往中国的各个城市Last year, half the world's concrete was poured into China's cities,这些都是为了人类历史上最大规模的all in preparation for the biggest mass migration of people人口迁移做准备in the history of the world.在未来25年里预计有超过3亿中国人In the next 25 years,well over 300 million people将从中国农村迁移到城市例如上海are predicted to move from rural China into cities like Shanghai.从农村到城市的人类迁移The migration of people from country to city在全世界各地都可以看到is being mirrored around the world,and by 2010到2010年超过一半的世界人口将成为城市居住者over half of the world's population will be urban dwellers.当夜晚来临时上海就会揭示它的本色As night falls,Shanghai reveals its true colours.这是中国最快增长的金融中心China's fastest-growing financial centre 是这个巨大繁荣的中心is in the midst of a massive boom.其人口估计超过2千万With an estimated population of more than 20 million,上海无疑是中国最大Shanghai is officially China's largest也是最耀眼的城市and certainly its most dazzling city.但他的辉煌背后存在着环境代价But there is an environmental cost.上海居民使用的电力是Shanghai residents now use two and a half times more power per head郊区居民的2.5倍than their rural cousins.这个城市近乎贪得无厌的能源需求The city's seemingly insatiable energy demands得需要17个电厂来提供满足currently require the output of 17 power stations.上海往南城市灯光逐渐暗淡South of Shanghai the city lights gradually fade好象我们进入了一个古老的世界as we enter an ancient world.这是福建省This is Fujian Province,一个崎岖的地域 a rugged terrain由于花岗岩大山的护卫guarded by sheer granite mountains which have helped to forge and preserve使得一些中国最古老的遗址和传统文化得以稳固并保存some of China's most ancient sites and traditional cultures.远高出海边地带坐落着1400米高的太姥山Towering above the coast,the 1,400-metre-high Taimu Mountains是中国人熟识的“海上仙都”are known to the Chinese as "Fairyland on the Sea".潮湿的海风在寒冷的山顶凝聚Moist sea breezes condense on the cool mountaintops并与排水良好的酸性土壤结合and combine with well-drained acid soils便形成了完美的种植环境to produce the perfect growing conditions 适合喜酸性的植物——例如野杜鹃for acid-loving plants like wild azaleas.也合适生长山茶It's also home to camellias,including the most famous of all,包括最著名的茶树种植the tea plant.沿着福建沿海一带的类似种植环境Similar growing conditions all along the Fujian coast使得中国茶叶独享其尊make this the treasure chest for China's tea, 其茶产业远可源自4000多年前the heart of an industry dating back almost 4,000 years.这个地区最传统的茶树栽培文化One of the most traditional tea-growing cultures in the area当数这里的客家人沿袭的is that of the Kejia people.每天清晨山羊被放养在这些茶树梯田间Every morning, goats are let loose among the tea terraces,这是个历史悠久的传统 a centuries-old tradition.看起来好象很奇怪让这些This might seem surprising given goats' reputation山羊去吃这些绿色的植物for eating anything green,不过茶树并不像看上去那样毫无设防but tea isn't as defenceless as it looks.茶叶中存在刺激性的化学成分Tea leaves are loaded with bitter chemicals 以驱走啃食的动物designed to repel browsing animals.这对山羊很有效It works on the goats,它们只是吃光茶树外的杂草who leave the tea untouched and instead eat up the weeds,它们的粪便恰好茶树供给了养分fertilising the tea plants with their droppings.惊讶的是我们人类The surprise is that we humans却还没发现同样刺激性的化学鸡尾酒should find the same bitter chemical cocktail以便让人类根本不敢染指utterly irresistible.对客家人而言种植茶树是家族事业Among the Kejia people,tea-growing is a family business.女人们采摘男人门加工打包Women do the picking,while the men process and pack it.张女士是一名客家家族的成员Mrs Zhang belongs to a Kejia family她们家族在这片同样的茶园that has lived and worked for generations 生活劳作了数个世代among these same tea terraces.最精良的茶叶需要在温暖的阳光里快速采摘The finest tea needs to be gathered quickly in warm sunshine这样可以让茶叶保留有茶油的香味as this brings out the flavour-enhancing oils inside the leaves.这个可持续的产业使得中国最精美的地形之一This sustainable industry has protected one of China's finest landscapes和最传统文化之一得以保存下来and one of its most traditional cultures.在早上采摘之后At the end of the morning's picking,张女士把茶叶带回家以待加工Mrs Zhang returns home to drop off her tea ready for processing.这个城堡式样的建筑在过去This fort-like design has survived from a time客家人得以从与敌对的当地部落势力when the Kejia needed to protect themselves斗争中幸存下来against hostile local tribes.每个房子有3到4层Each house has three or four levels以适合50到250人居住designed to accommodate50 to 250 people. 最底层是厨房和家畜使用The ground floor houses the kitchens and animal stock同时有一条通道通向水井取水with access to a well for water.第一层房间用作储藏The first floor rooms are used for storage 第二层作为寝居and the upper floors are bedrooms.这一些很非凡的建筑已有800多年历史了Some of these remarkable buildings are 800 years old经历了地震和台风并完整的保存了下来and have survived earthquakes and typhoons.当收集一定数量茶叶时下一步加工开始了Once enough tea has been gathered in,the processing begins.把绿色茶叶变为市场销售的茶叶Turning green leaves into saleable tea最少包含8个步骤involves at least eight different stages,包括干燥捻细筛挤压和扭拧including drying, bruising,sifting, squeezing and twisting,这些都是成品打包前必须的步骤before the finished product is finally ready for packing.张女士的村庄出产“小黑龙”茶The Zhang's village produces"little black dragon",即——乌龙茶or oolong tea,其称呼源于冲泡茶叶时so called because of the way its twisted leaves unfurl那宛如蟠龙舒展的姿态when water is poured over them.茶在客家人生活中占据着重要地位Tea plays a vital part in Kejia life,既是一个收入来源也是一种迎宾之道not only as a source of income,but also as a way to welcome visitors它将人们联系在一起and bring people together.在中国人传统生活中In traditional Chinese life,即使最简单的一杯茶也被赋以复杂的仪式even the simplest cup of tea is poured with an intricate amount of ritual.在过去In the past,客家人的其他主要收入来自运送像茶叶一样的货物the Kejia people's other main income came from transporting goods like tea穿越变幻莫测的山川和河流入口across the treacherous topography of mountains and river estuaries.他们的运输路线在1059年变得轻松易行Their route was suddenly made easier when, in 1059,一切归于这座名桥的建造this remarkable bridge was built.它的桥面由重达10吨的花岗岩架设而成Made from massive10-ton slabs of granite,是中国不太知名的建筑奇葩之一it is one of China's lesser-known architectural gems.洛阳桥历经地震狂潮风采依旧Luoyang Bridge has withstood earthquakes and tempestuous tides.被称为“万安渡”的Known as "10,000 ships launching",46座桥墩the bridge's 46 piers在潮水的冲刷下已经屹立的近千年have withstood time and tide for almost a millennium.据当地传说According to folklore,桥的成功在于有远见地应用了生物工程its success is due to a far-sighted piece of bio-engineering.在桥墩上养殖牡蛎之后Oysters were seeded on the piers利用他们的凝固物可以and ever since,their concretions have helped cement将花岗岩胶合凝结起来the granite blocks together.如今惠安的女人们仍用传统的Today, oysters are still cultivated here方法在这里养殖牡蛎in the traditional way by Hui'an women.屹立在桥下的泥滩之中的岩石Stones are stood in the mudflats below the bridge可以使牡蛎附着生长to encourage the oysters to grow.如今当地人主要用洛阳桥来Luoyang Bridge is now mainly used by locals运送货物穿过河口到港口去carrying goods across the estuary towards the coastal ports.两千多年来For more than 2,000 years,中国的沿海贸易主要依靠于coastal trade in China has depended一种具有开创性卓越性能船on a remarkable and pioneering type of ship, 我们称之为舢板known to us as the junk.这艘船所用的的大众化设计This working vessel follows a general design 在福建已经使用了600多年that's been in use in Fujian for at least 600 years.船首是画上了两只大眼睛的鸟喙造型Its bows take the form of a beak,with two large painted eyes古代的航员们相信evoking the traditional seafarers' belief鸟的形象可以使海员们平安归来that the bird's image would help sailors return safely,就像每年春秋回来的候鸟一样like the migrants that return each spring and autumn.茶叶和其他货物经防水处理后储存Tea and other goods were stored in strong bulkheads,分储在防水壁中以降低洪涝带来的损失each waterproofed and separated from the next to minimise flood damage.这种保持珍贵茶叶干燥的革新措施This innovation, introduced to keep precious tea cargos dry,不仅改进了中国的船只spurred on the improvement of not only Chinese boats,还改进了西方的船只but Western ones, too.舢板上独特的索具The distinctive rigging of the junk's sails使得它在恶劣的天气下也容易操纵allows easy handling in bad weather,这在风暴肆虐的海边至关重要essential along this storm-battered coast.台风一词源于“大风”的谐音Each year from July to November,up to a dozen typhoons,每年7至11月成批的台风 a corruption of the Chinese word for "great wind",朝西北方向席卷中国而来head northwest towards China.全球像二氧化碳这样的温室气体的增加Typhoons are becoming more frequent as sea temperatures rise,使得海的温度升高aided by a global increase in greenhouse gases,台风也因此变得更加频繁such as carbon dioxide.但卫星图片却显示了一个令人惊讶的转变But satellite pictures have revealed a。
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Qilian Mountains: A Wet IslandThe Qilian Mountains, across China’s Gansu and Qinghai provinces, stretch for 800 kilometers from east to west. It’s a huge mountain range composed of many parallel mountains. About one third of the peaks of the Qilian Mountains are more than 4000 meters above the sea. There are more than 3000 glaciers storing tens of billions of cubic meters of water in solid form. If all the glaciers were to melt, the water generated would be enough for a city of 20 million people to use for about 20 years. However, this mountain system in Northwest China is an island surrounded by drought. The Qilian Mountains are bounded by deserts on three sides. To the east is the Loess Plateau with little rainfall. The glaciers in the mountains determine the fate of this area. Each time the weather gets warmer, the melted ice and snow of the Qilian Mountains, brings life to the deserts of Northwest China. In the north of the Qilian Mountains, along the mountain range from east to west, melt-water from the ice and snow nourishes a narrow area of about 1200 kilometers. This region, known as the Hexi Corridor is an important part of the ancient Silk Road. For thousands of years, Asian and European civilizations have converged and collided here The Qilian Mountains still store 80% of the water in this land, continuously nourishing about 5 million people and 700000 hectares of cultivated land.Scarlet Rocks Under GlaciersThere is a rare spectacle to found at the end of the glaciers beneath the main peak of a mountain area in the southwestern China. The surface of the rocks here is an eye-catching bright red. This is the heart of the Hengduan Mountains, a mountainous region in southwestern China. 145 snowy peaks over 5000 meters above sea level are clustered here, forming an amazing group of mountains. The highest peak, Gongga Mountain, is 7556 meters above sea level. It is the highest point in the mountainous area of southwest China. Its giant conical peak is the cradle of glacier formation, from which 74 mature glaciers extend in all directions. The Hailuogou Glacier in the east has a huge icy waterfall measuring 1100 meters wide, with a drop of more than 1000 meters. The strong thawing effect leads to frequent massive icy avalanches. Giant glaciers descend all the way into dense forests. With its tip extending to 2580 meters above sea level, it is lowest maritime glacier in Asia. Bright red rocks can be seen almost everywhere in the valley at the end of the glacier. Scientists have found that the red blood color on the stone is not from a mineral, but a rare parasite, a rare lichen complex. Whenever the temperature and humidity are right, they spread across the rock surface, dying the rocks bright red. Taken away from the mountains however, they quickly change color and die. Even they are left in peace, their life span is only four to five years, and then they will regenerate and begin coloring the rocks bright red again. Why they came into being has baffled many great minds.Sinkholes and Floor Drains in the Magnetic MountainsIn the southwest China, there is a rift zone with a length of more than 300 kilometers and a width of tens to hundreds of kilometers, which is called the Panxi Rift Valley. With untouched forests, mountains, sinkholes and floor drains and other geological wonders, this place is known as the “natural geological museum”. And the most amazing thing is the mountains are magnetic. It is said that an ancient Silk Road once crossed the Panxi Rift Valley. At that time, when some peddlers of pig-iron passed through the mountains in Panxi, they occasionally reported that the load was gettingmunch heavier, and found it harder to walk. After leaving the area, they suddenly felt relaxed again. What they didn’t know at the time was they had passed by a succession of magnet mines. Even more secrets are hidden on the western edge of the Panxi rift V alley, where there’s a place called Gesala. According to a popular local legend, Gesala was built by fairies from heaven, and it is the nearest mysterious place to the sun. Due to erosion and large fractures the unique karst landform of Gesala has been created. With tens of square kilometers, there are more than 600 sinkholes and floor drains, a huge underground river, and rolling mountain meadows, which combine to form a primitive and beautiful natural scenery. It is also beautiful paradise where people live in harmony with nature.Star Mountain on the Pamir PlateauLocated in the westernmost part of China, the Pamir Plateau is called the Roof of the Asian Continent. With an average altitude of more than 5000 meters and with an extreme temperature of minus 50 degrees Celsius, the plateau has about 2400 billion tons of water frozen at the top of the mountains in the form of glaciers. The Pamir Plateau is not a plateau in traditional sense, as it is not a vast platform, but a collection of snowy peaks and river valleys. The most famous is located in its southeast. The shape of Mount Muztagata is like an inverted muffin cake. At an altitude of 7546 meters and with a water storage capacity of about 45 billion cubic meters, it is truly the “Father of the Ice Mountain”. It’s relatively easy to climb for a 7000-meter-high mountain. For skiing enthusiasts, it is a mountain of dreams. As the highest skiing mountain in the world, its western route is long and deep with snow. After climbing to the top, people can ski directly down the mountain and experience the incomparable thrill and pleasure.The Black-necked Crane on the Lakeside of the PlateauThis lake is called Gahai. It’s located about 3500 meters above sea level in Gansu Province, northwestern China. People call it the “pearl on the Plateau”. This is the home to a species of elegant cranes. The surface area of the Gahai Lake is only about 27 square kilometers. But it attracts more than 2000 birds to live and transit every year. The black-necked crane gets its name from its slender black neck. They mainly live in freshwater wetlands on plateaus with an altitude of 2500 to 5000 meters. This is the only crane in the world that grows and breeds on plateaus. The plateau climate is cold and dry. Black-necked Cranes face a huge challenge from birth. But the Gahai Lake nourishes beautiful plants, providing a paradise for the black-necked crane. One tenth of the world’s black-necked cranes spend their summer in the Gahai Lake Wetland. After this family of four have enjoyed a hearty meal, they lake a leisurely stroll along the grassy shore.。
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Shangri—La香格里拉Beneath billowing clouds,翻腾的云海之下in China's far southwestern Yunnan province，在中国西南遥远的云南省lies a place of mystery and legend。
有一个神秘而又充满传奇的地方Of mighty rivers and some of the oldest jungles in the world.这儿有着世界上最久远的雨林以及奔腾的河流Here, hidden valleys nurture strange and unique creatures，藏匿于此的河谷养育了奇异而又独特的动物and colourful tribal cultures.同时也孕育了多彩的民族风情Jungles are rarely found this far north of the tropics.雨林在远离热带的北部地区是罕见的So， why do they thrive here？可是为什么却得以在此茁壮成长And how has this rugged landscape come to harbourthe greatest natural wealth in all China？为何整个中国崎岖不平的山地里却蕴藏着富饶多姿的自然财富In the remote southwest corner of China,在中国西南部的一个偏远的角落里a celebration is about to take place.即将举行一场庆典Dai people collect water for the most important festival of their year.傣族人为他们一年中最重要的节日收集水The Dai call themselves the people of the water.傣族人也称自己为水之民Yunnan's river valleys have been their home for over 2,000 years.云南的河谷地带是他们的两千多年来繁衍生息的故里By bringing the river water to the temple，把河水带到寺庙they honour the two things holiest to them —敬俸傣族人最神圣的两件事物Buddhism and their home。
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美丽中国解说词美丽中;国BBC拍丽,The last hidden world- ChinaFor centuries, travellers to China have told tales of magical landscapesand surprising creatures.Chinese civilization is the world's oldest and today it's largest with well over a billion people.It's home to more than 50 distinct ethnic groups and a wide range of traditional life stylesoften inclose partnership with nature.We know that China faces immense social and environmental problems,but there is great beauty here too.China is home to the world's highest mountains,vast deserts ranging from from searing hot to mind numbing cold ,steaming forests,harboring rare creatures,grassy plains beneath vast horizons and rich tropical seas.Now, for the first time ever,we can explore the whole of this great country,meet some of the surprising and exotic creatures that live hereand consider the relationship of the people and wildlife of China to the remarkable landscaping which they live.This is wild China最后的丽世丽土-我丽中国,世丽旅人丽丽着丽于丽片神奇土地数来,以及那些神奇生物的丽丽,中文明是世界最古老的文明国,而如今是最宏博的,那十丽的人民数,丽存超丽五十个民族,以及各式各丽丽近自然的,丽丽生活方式,我丽都知道中面丽着着多社丽境丽丽国众会,但丽里也存在着令人窒息的美丽,中有着世界最高峰国,无垠的炙丽沙漠从,到麻木大丽的寒冷地丽,以及那蒸丽般的森林中,丽匿的各丽珍稀生物,天丽下丽无垠的草原广,以及富丽的丽丽海洋,丽在我丽第一次有机会,深入探索丽片丽大的土地,接栖息于此的珍奇触生物,目睹中丽片神奇土地上国,人野生世界的丽丽与,丽就是最原味的中国.Our exploration of China begins in the warm subtropical south我丽的中探索国之旅始于南方的丽丽丽 On the Li River fishermen and birds perch on bamboo rafts江的丽人和丽丽栖坐在竹筏上漓a partnership that goes back more than athousand years丽丽合已延丽千年之久个This scenery is known throughout theworld丽景致已丽世人所熟悉a recurring motif in Chinese paintings那是中水墨国永恒的主丽and a major tourist attraction和旅人永丽的丽地The south of China is a vast area中南部是片有英土国国国eight times larger than the UK九倍之大的丽土地广It's a landscape of hills but also of water丽里是山雨的度国It rainshere for up to 250 days a year丽里一年之中有250天在降雨and standing water is everywhere到丽都是丽水In a floodplain of the Yangtse River在丽子江的丽原black-tailed godwits probe the mud in search ofworms黑尾丽在泥丽中丽索着子虫But it isn't just wildlife that thrive in this environment非只有野并生丽物在丽丽的丽境下茁成丽壮the swampy ground provides ideal conditions for the remarkable member of the grass family沼丽般丽肥沃的土地丽作物家族最丽湿著的成丽提供了最理想的丽境rice丽就是稻米The Chinese have been cultivatingrice for at least 8 thousand years中有着至少国8000年的稻米丽植史It hastransformed the landscape他丽改丽了丽丽土地Late winter in southern Yunnan is a busy time for local farmers丽云南南部的丽民而言冬末是繁忙的季丽个asthey prepare the age-old paddy field ready for the coming spring因丽他丽要丽即1将来丽的春天整丽丽片古老的稻田 These hill slopes of Yuanyang county 元丽的阳山坡以2000M之丽 plunge nearly 2000m to the floor of the Red River Valley斜于丽河谷地的河床插each contains literally thousands of stackterraces carved out by hand using basic digging tools包含了上千由原始掘工具所丽造刨出的梯田Yunnan's rice terraces are among the oldest human structures in China云南的梯田是中最古老人丽耕作痕迹中国still ploughed as they always have been依被耕丽使用的土地旧by domesticated water buffaloes正如千百年来的丽俗一丽 whose ancestors originated in these very valleys源自云南河谷的家丽水牛承担了耕作的重任This man-made landscape is one of the most amazing engineering feats of preindustrial China丽片人力丽拓的土地是工丽化前中最国惊奇宏丽的景壮It seems as if every square inch of land似乎丽里的每一寸土地has been pressed into cultivation都被打上了丽耕的痕迹As evening approaches当薄暮降丽an age-old ritual unfolds一丽古老的丽式上另演It's the mating season丽在是交配的季丽and male paddy frogs are competing for the attention of females雄禾田蛙丽丽了吸引性异而丽力高丽But it dosen't always pay to draw too much attention to youself但丽非丽并你来能丽吸引丽注的目光The Chinese PondHeron is a crapulous predator中国个饕餮池丽是掠食者Even in the middle ofa ploughed paddy field就算在耕作丽的稻田中央<i>nature is red in beak andclaw也上会与演喙爪的血腥丽目This may look like a slaughter或丽丽看上去像一丽屠丽but as each heron can swallow only one frog at a time但每只池丽一次只能丽一只噬蛙the vast majority will escape to croak another day此丽剩余的多数派得以逃生丽并会得了明日再度高歌的机Terrace paddies like those of YunYang county are found across much of southern China元丽丽丽丽阳广泛丽植水稻的This whole vast landscape is dominated by rice cultivation梯田丽中南横国部In heated Guizhou province the Miao minority have developed a remarkable rice culture苗族人在炎丽的丽州丽展了高度丽的水稻丽植达With everyinch of fertile land given over to rice cultivation苗族人把木屋建立在陡峭低丽的山壁上the Miao build their wooden houses on the steepest and least productive hillsides用其余每寸丰来丽的土地丽植水稻In Chinese rural life everything has a use所有丽西在中丽国村都自有其用丽dried in the sun manurefrom the cowsheds would be used as cooking fuel牛棚里的肥料在太阳晒下干用作煮丽的燃料It's midday and the Song family are tucking into a lunch of rice and vegetables中午丽分宋家人正丽餐以米和蔬菜丽主的中丽Oblivious tothe domestic chitchat老祖父宋古永置身于天丽之丽外granddad Guyong Song hasserious maters on his mind丽思着重要的事情Spring is a start of the rice growing season春季是稻禾生丽的伊始丽丽the success of the crop will determin how well the family will eat next year庄稼的丽丽决来定了年宋家人的生丽soplanting at the right time is critical因而丽丽合适的丽机丽行耕作是至丽重要的The ideal date depends on what the weather will do this year丽机的丽丽取决于当气况年的天情never easy to predict而丽些却是永丽估料的But there is somesurprising help at hand但是身丽就存在着丽心小手帮On the cielling of theSong's living room a pair of red-rumped swallow newly arrive from their winter migration宋家丽堂房梁上的是一丽丽冬季从迁来徙中丽的金腰燕is busy2fixing up last year's nest他丽正在丽装潢新一年度的宅邸而忙碌In China animalsare valued does much for their symbolic meaning as for many good they maydo在中国丽物丽被丽予特独并的象征意丽被丽心呵丽Miao people believe thatswallow pairs remain faithful for life苗族人丽信成双离弃燕丽身相伴不不sotheir presence is a favor and a blessing因此他丽的存在被丽丽bringing happiness to a marriage and good luck to a home幸福生活美丽与婚姻的象征Like mostMiao dwellings, the Song's living room windows look out over the paddy fields如大多数窗苗人一丽宋家起居室的子可以眺望丽成片的梯田From earlyspring, one of these windows is always left open to let the swallows comeand go freely从窗早春起一扇子便丽了方便燕子往返穿丽而敞丽Each year granddad Gu knows the exact day the swallows return古老知丽爹来每年燕子丽的确切丽丽Miao people believe the birds arrival predicts the timing of a seasonahead苗族人丽信丽些丽的丽丽儿来来示着春季的丽This year, they were late然而今年他丽丽丽丽来so Gu and the other community elders haveagreed that rice planting should be delayed accordingly因而古老和爹插当其他族中丽老一致丽丽今年的秧丽推丽As the Miao prepare their fields for planting当插苗族人丽了秧而整丽田地丽the swallows collect mud to repair their nests燕子丽或搜集修整巢穴用的泥巴and chase after insects across the newly ploughed paddies或穿越新耕的稻田追逐昆虫Finally, after weeks of preparation最丽丽丽了几周的准丽the ordainedtime for planting has arrived丽丽个来定丽植的丽刻丽了but first the seedlings mustbe uproot from the nursery beds首先秧苗必丽从苗床上丽根拔起and bundledup ready to be transported to their new paddy成扎捆移植到高丽山地higherup the hillside那丽新的苗床上All the Song's neighbors have turned out to help with the transplanting宋家丽里丽丽全丽出丽帮助移植It's how the community has always worked丽是一直来体他丽的集丽作方式when the time comes, the Songswill return the favor然一当来旦丽刻丽宋家人也会来做出相同行丽丽恩While thefarmers are busy in the fields丽丽丽忙当碌在田丽丽丽the swallowsfly back and forth with material for their nest丽燕丽丽丽着修整巢穴的材料往往来来Manyhands make light work人多力量大planting the new paddy takes alittle more than an hour插个个秧的整丽程只持丽了丽一多小丽Job done, the villagers can relax工作当完成丽丽丽得以休息at least until tomorrow至少在明天丽之来前Butfor the nesting swallows, the work of raising a family然而丽丽些筑巢的丽丽而言修筑家的宏大工园程has only just begun才丽丽丽始In the newly planted fields新耕丽的田地里little egrets hunt for foods白丽在丽找食物The rice paddy harbortadpoles fish and insects稻田成了丽的丽虫蝌蚪园and egrets have chicks to feed而白丽正好以此哺育幼丽This colony in Chongqing provinceis established in 1996重丽自然保丽区建立于1996年when a few dozen birds build nests in the bamboo grove behind YanGuangvillage成当儿阳群的丽安家在光村后方的小竹林Believing they were assigned of luck地人当将运其丽丽幸的使者local people initially protected the egrets and the colony grove他丽最初小心保丽丽些白丽和他丽的栖息地But their attitude change when the head of the village fell ill 但当村丽病重后他丽的丽度丽生了丽丽They3blame the birds and were all set to destroy their nests当政府丽始介入保丽丽群丽when the local government stepped in to protect them他丽丽始丽丽丽群并摧着手毁巢穴Bendy bamboo may not be the safest nesting place易曲弯并的竹子或丽非安家的最佳丽所but at least these youngsters won't end up at someone's dinner但至少丽些小家丽伙会不成丽捕食者的腹中餐These chicks have just had a meal delivered by their mom丽些小家丽丽伙从母丽嘴里分得美食quite a challenge forlitter beaks丽新生的小嘴着丽是一大挑丽Providing their colonies are protected介于他丽的栖息地是受保丽的wading birds like egrets are among the few wild creatures which benefit directly from intensive rice cultivation像白丽丽丽的候丽是少数从达直接丽丽的水稻丽植中丽益的丽丽Growing rice needs lots of water水稻生丽需要大量的水but even in the rainy south, there are landscapes where water is surprisingly scarce但即便是在多雨的南方有些土地也面丽缺水的危机Thisvast area of southwest China相当国国来于法和西班牙土加起那丽大the size ofFrance and Spain combined的中国广西南的丽土地is famous for its clusters of conical hills like giant upturned egg carton seperated by dry empty valleys因丽宛如被干燥中空的谷地隔离来脉丽的巨大蛋盒般丽丽的丽形山丽而丽名于世This isthe karst丽就是喀斯特地貌a limestone terrain which has become the defining image of southern China石灰石地貌丽然成丽南部中的丽国志性特征Karstlandscapes are often studded with rocky outcrops喀斯特地貌通常以突起的裸岩状丽分布forcing local farmers to cultivate tiny fields丽迫使地丽民只当得在破碎的小丽土地上耕作The people who live here are among the poorest in China当国地人是中最丽丽的居民之一In neighboring Yunnan province在毗丽的云南省limestone rocks have taken over entirely遍布着石灰石This is the famousStone Forest丽就是著名的石林the product of countless years of erosion无年数侵丽作用的丽物producing a maze of deep gullets and sharp-edged pinnacles造就了无的道丽峰数狭与Limestone has a strange property that isdissolves in rain water石灰石有一个独性那就是能被雨水分解Over many thousands ofyears, water has corrode its way deep into the heart of the bedrock itself在数千年的漫丽光丽中水的侵丽深入到岩床的心丽地丽This natural wonder has afamous tourist spot丽一自然奇丽成丽了著名的旅游景点receiving close to 2million visitors each year每年的丽客量数达多200万人The Chinese are fond ofcuriously shaped rocks中人国状特丽喜好奇形怪的岩石and many have beengiven fanciful names以丽并嶙峋怪石冠上千奇百怪的名字丽丽No prices forguessing what this one is called但人没来个猜丽丽丽怪石的名字But there is moreto this landscape than meets the eye但百丽不如置身丽片奇妙山地丽身一丽Chinahas literally thousands of mysterious caverns在中国醒目的喀斯特地貌下concealed beneath the visible landscape of the karst丽匿着无的神数秘洞穴Much of this hidden world has never been seen by human eyes丽些丽秘世界大多不丽世人所知And it's only just now being explored而丽在他丽被将展丽在世人眼前For a growing band of intrepid young Chinese explorers奇丽洞穴中再丽了一丽丽的探丽极caves represent the ultimate adventure主角是一群日丽成丽初生牛丽般的年丽探丽家Exploring a cave is like taking the journey through time探索一个洞穴如一丽犹穿越丽空的探丽a journey which endless raindrops would have4followed over countless centuries常年丽水丽叮随伴着无止境般的旅途Fed bycountless drips and trickles水滴潺潺落下the subterranean river carves ever deeper into the rock地下河流深切入岩The cave river's course is channeled by the beds of limestone石灰岩河床将沟洞穴的河道分割成千万壑A weaknessin the rock can not allow the river to increase its gradientflowrate石灰岩薄弱丽被河水冲陡刷差距的坡丽水量激增providing a real challenge for the cave explorers丽洞穴探丽丽来当相的挑丽The downward rushes halted whenthe water table is reached水流到地下水达位后便停止下流Here the slow flowing river carves tunnels with a more rounded profile丽里丽丽流丽的河流切割出一丽条形隧道This tranquil world is home to specialized cave fishes丽丽的世界是静穴居丽的家like the eye-less Golden Barb比如无目金丽China may have unique kinds ofcave evolved fishes than anywhere else on Earth中国或丽丽有地球上丽丽最丽繁多的洞穴丽化丽Above the water table在地下水位丽ancient caverns abandoned by the river slowly fill up with stalactites and stalagmites 丽古洞穴溢丽的河水中充斥着石笋和丽乳石Stalactites form as trickling water deposites tiny quantities of rock含有丽物的水沉流over hundreds or thousands of years 在千万年丽“滴水成石”Stalagmites grow up where lime laid and drips hit the cave floor 含有石灰丽的水滴落石床形成石笋So far, only a fraction of China's caves have been thoroughly prospected今丽迄国国止被探索丽掘的中洞穴是中大地上的九牛一毛and caves are constantly discovering new subterranean marvels而被丽掘的洞穴不断丽我丽展丽地底奇丽many of which are subsequently developed into commercial show caves丽多在后被丽丽成了来商丽景点Finally escaping thedarkness the cave river and its human explorers emerge in a valley far fromwhere their journey began探索者沿着洞穴河流出山谷的丽迹逃离离了黑暗在丽出丽地的河谷or now the adventure is over丽丽冒丽拉上了帷幕Rivers which issue from caves源自洞穴河流are the key to survival in the karst country丽喀斯特地提供了生区命之泉This vertical gorge in Guizhou province丽州的垂直峡谷isa focal point for the region's wildlife成丽了地野生丽物的当密集焦点This is oneof the world's rarest primates丽是世界上最珍稀的丽丽之一灵Francois's langur白丽黑叶猴In China, they survive in just two southern provinces在中他丽只国残存于南部两个份省Guizhou and Guangxi丽州西与广always in ragged limestone terrains多半栖息于崎丽的石灰岩地貌地丽Like most monkeys, they're social creatures正如大多子一丽他丽是社数猴会性生物and spend a great deal of time grooming each other并且他丽丽于耗丽大把丽丽丽彼此整理丽容Langurs are essentially vegetarian with a diet of buds, fruits, andtender young leaves是叶猴个扣叶不折不以嫩芽、嫩、水果丽食的素食主丽者Babies are born with ginger fur着叶猴宝宝裹黄姜色的毛丽出生which gradually turns black from the tail end丽些毛丽着生丽随从逐丽尾部丽始丽成黑色Young infants have a vise-like grip叶猴宝宝虎丽般的爪used for cling on to mom for dare life帮助他丽附着在丽丽身上以保丽安全As they get older着年丽随的增丽they get bolder and take more risks他丽越丽大胆并～丽始常丽更多刺激Those have survive spend a lot of time travelling丽些是丽丽丽多冒丽后的幸存者5Yet experienced adults know exactly where to find seasonal food尽丰管丽丽富的成年深知叶猴in different parts of their range到守丽范丽内区哪不同域的里去丽丽季的当食物In such steep terrain在如此的地丽陡峭travel involves a high level of climbing skill旅途丽利包含了高超的攀爬技巧These monkeys are spectacularly good rock climbers from the time they learnt to walk丽些子猴打会走路起就是卓越的攀岩丽家In langur society族叶猴群females rule the roost是母系社会and take the lead when the family is on the move并迁且是丽家徙的丽丽人物One section of cliff峭壁一丽woops is a trickle ofmineral-rich water分泌的水是富含丽物丽的which the monkeys seem to find irresistible丽丽子丽而猴言是不可抗拒的丽惑These days there are few predators in the Mayanghe Reserve which might pose a risk to baby monkey如今麻河自然阳区保丽已丽有危及的猴宝宝捕食者but in past centuries, this area of south China然而在丽去的世丽数个was home to leopards, pythons, and even tigers中南部的丽地国个区是豹子巨蟒甚至老虎的家To survive dangerous night prowlers丽了在暗夜潜行者的利爪下存活the langurs went underground丽叶猴前往地底usingtheir rock climbing skills to seek shelter in inaccessible caverns用他丽的高超的攀爬技巧爬到洞穴上方丽找庇丽所Filmed in near darkness using a nightvision camera夜丽丽在近乎黑暗的境下丽丽下坏the troop clambers along familiar ledges叶猴一家爬上了worn smooth by generations before them被数猴代族磨丽光丽的石壁的情景During cold winter weather冬当来日寒冷丽the monkeys venture deeper underground子丽丽猴潜冒丽入where the air stays comparatively warm空气温相丽保持暖的地下At last, journeys end, 旅途的丽点a coated niche beyond the reach of even the most enterprising predator高丽的庇丽所使得最激丽的捕食者都束手无策并猴找非只有子丽在洞穴中丽遮蔽But it's not just monkeys that find shelter in caves丽些孩子丽丽放学These children are off to school在中丽国村每天早上都意味着一段In rural China, that may mean a long trek each morning穿越一两个洞穴的丽苦跋涉passing through a cave or two on the way然而非所有并学孩子都要徒步上But not all pupils have to walk to school丽些孩子是寄宿生These children are boarders当达学孩子丽快要到校丽As the day pupils near journey's end住宿生丽在做早丽the boarders are still making breakfast校若园内仿灯被丽掉了一般黑暗In the school yard, someone seems to have switched the lights off6但丽里其丽有正丽的并没操丽But this is no ordinary play ground以及正丽的学校and no ordinary school只不丽是座Its house洞穴中的房屋而已inside a cave天然拱丽阻隔了雨水A natural vault of rock keeps out the rain丽教室省去了屋丽so there is no need for a roof on the classroom中丽洞穴学个校由六班丽Zhongdong cave school is made up of 6 classes共200名学生丽成with a total of 200 children如同丽所学个区校般丽洞穴住宅As well as a school, the cave houses 18 families是18丽人家和他丽牲畜的聚居地together with their livestock丽或丽是世界上唯一在洞穴中丽丽的牛了This could be the only cave dwelling cows on Earth放学后是游丽的丽丽With school work over, it's play time at last在中南方国洞穴不丽用于遮蔽In southern China, caves aren't just used for shelter他丽也能丽地人丽当来恩惠they can be a source of revenue for the community数代的人持丽受到洞穴的恩丽People have been visiting this cave for generations洞穴地底覆盖了丽丽丽丽The cave floor is covered in guano丽丽十分丽丽丽就能丽丽人丽丽而丽so plentiful that 10 minutes' work can fill these farmer's baskets 丽是一丽丽的天然肥宝料This used as a valuable source of fertilizer丽丽的源丽能听到河水上空的丽丽A clue to the source of the guano can be heard above the noise of the river噪音因丽山洞而被放大The sound originates high up in the roof of the cave入口丽聚丽了雨燕The entrance is full of swifts他丽是社交性丽物7They are very sociable birds丽200000多的共享丽州南部的洞穴more than 200,000 of them share this cave in southern Guizhou province中最大的雨国燕栖息地The biggest swift colony in China如今中的家国数将燕多巢穴建在建筑物的屋丽These days, Chinese house swiftsmostly nest in the roofs of buildings但其丽在房屋被丽明出之来前but rock crevasses like these were their original home丽丽的岩丽才是他丽原本安家的地方long before houses were invented尽靠管雨燕依洞穴遮蔽Though the swifts depend on the cave for shelter他丽却必定在日落前丽巢they never stray further than the limits of daylight因丽他丽的眼睛无法在黑夜中看事清物as their eyes can't see in dark然而洞穴深丽However, deep inside the cavern是一群更适丽地下are the creatures are better equipped丽秘生活的居民for subterranean life一群蝙蝠来丽丽醒A colony of bats is just waking up他丽用超运声确波在黑夜中定自己的方位using ultrasonic squeaks to orientate themselves in the darkness夜丽是狩丽丽丽Night is the time to go huntingRickett鼠耳蝠蝙蝠是丽洲中唯一Rickett's mouse-eared bat is the only bat in Asia which specializes in catchingfishes通丽在水面依靠声漪蝙蝠波丽丽的反射追踪游丽的丽tracking them down from the sound reflection of ripples on the water surface丽丽非凡的技巧丽在年数前被丽丽This extraordinary behavior was only discovered in the last couple of years丽在首次被丽丽下来展示丽世人and has never been filmed before如果丽在黑暗中追捕游丽是如此的不可思丽If catching fish in the dark is impressive想象下倒挂状怎丽下不用爪子丽食滑溜溜的米丽丽是丽的神奇丽景8imagine eating a slippery minnow with no hands while hanging upside down拂丽降丽至桂林的喀斯特山地Dawn, over the karst hills of Guilin丽些山地的奇嶙峋秀丽功于These remarkable hills owe their peculiar shapes漓江那弱酸性的水丽to the mildly acid waters of the Li River丽万年的侵丽褪去了他丽的本来面目whose meandering course over eons of time has corrode away their basis只剩下丽硬的河道残来留下until only the rocky course remained漓国清江是中最澈的河流之一Li is one of the cleanest rivers in China是捕丽者和他丽丽丽有素的丽丽最丽的捕丽点a favorite spot for fishermen with their trained cormorants丽帮黄七八十丽的男人全部姓The men, all called Huang, come from the same village他丽自来个同一村落now in their seventies and eighties他丽丽生都以捕丽丽生they've been fishermen all their lives在丽放丽丽之前Before they release the birds他丽在丽的子上脖条松松的系一套索they tie a noose, loosely around the neck以防止丽儿将肚私自捕到的丽丽丽子里to stop them swallowing any fish they may catch伴随即黄励儿着丽的舞蹈～老丽鼓着他的丽丽跳入水中Chancing and dancing, the Huangs encourage their birds to take the plunge在水下Underwater丽丽的狩丽本能暴丽the cormorant's hunting instinct kicks in他丽化身丽水下的游丽追踪丽丽turning them into fish seeking missiles一只丽丽小分丽搭档合作丽心丽力Working together,一早上便能收丽丽丰a good cormorant team can catch a couple of dozen decent-sized fish in amorning丽丽被丽丽丽只儿儿能丽着丽回到筏子9The birds return to the raft with their fish because they've been trained todo so从出生的那一刻起From the time it first hatched丽丽丽就丽始被丽丽丽忠仆each of these cormorants has been reared to a life of obedience to its master丽些丽是高儿隶效的奴The birds are, in effect, slaves但是丽丽它并不是白痴But they are not stupid据丽丽丽能丽丽住它数丽捕丽的丽的目It's said the cormorants can key the tally of the fish they catch至少能丽住七条at least up to seven除非丽它当不丽得到打丽然丽不丽是收回一点自己的丽丽成果丽了So unless they get a reward now and then,they simply withdraw their labor丽夫理所然当得把最好的丽留丽自己The fishermen of course keep the best fish for themselves丽丽丽能享受剩余的部分The cormorants get the leftover tiddlies丽圈摘除后丽丽丽于儿它能享用的丽利品了With its collar removed～the bird can at last swallow its prize最美妙的莫丽于得到丽外的打丽Best of all,when it isn't meant to have...而如今丽代捕丽技丽的激烈丽争These days,competition for modern fishing techniques意味着使老丽已黄靠不能丽丽丽捕丽丽一丽丽的手段丽生了means the Huangs can't make a living from traditional cormorant fishing alone丽一流丽了1300多年的丽丽And this 1300-year old tradition如今只能成丽取游客悦的表演is now practiced mostly to entertain tourists但在丽州省附近的草海湖上But on Caohai lake in nearby Guizhou Province一丽与众不同的捕丽丽正在蓬勃丽展an even more unusual fishing industry is alive and well庚丽丽正在去丽夜丽布网的路上Geng Zhongsheng is on his way to set out his net for the night老庚的怪网扎来状装是一丽一丽起的管置Geng's net is a strange tubular contraption with a closed off end上百丽夫依丽丽靠个More than a hundred fishermen make their living from the lake10水丽富丽的高丽湖泊丽生Its mineral-rich waters are highly productive并网在此布下天丽地and there are nets everywhere第二天清儿来早老耿和他的子回收丽他丽丽物The next morning, Geng returns with his son to collect his catch乍看之下收丽平平At first sight, it looks disappointing小丽.丽米.和扭个虫不停的子Tiny fishes, lots of shrimps, and some wriggling bugs然而老耿看上去不来并沉那丽消Geng doesn't seem too down hearted大丽被保持存活The larger fish are kept alive丽是唯一在酷暑下保丽的丽法the only way they'll stay fresh in the heat令人吃惊的是一些子也被丽丽虫来挑丽出Surprisingly, some of the bugs are also singled out for special treatment它蜻蜓虫丽是的幼They are the young stage of dragonflies以和丽蠕虫蝌蚪食的掠食者predators that feed on worms and tadpoles丽里是世界上蜻蜓丰卵收丽最的地方Nowhere else in the world are dragonfly nymphs harvested like this 回到家后老耿把他的丽物在屋丽上丽丽晒干Back home, Geng spreads his catch on the roof to dry在中国会～但凡能吃的丽西都不被浪丽It's being in China, nothing edible would be wasted在丽的南方有丽丽一丽丽遥法There is a saying in the far south“丽腿的唯桌子不吃"We will eat anything with legs, except a table;丽翅膀的丽机独不丽”and anything with wings, except a plane."几个丽丽后丽些晒虫会干了的昆便被丽到市丽上丽掉Within a few hours, the dried insects are ready to be backed up and takento market其中蜻蜓蛹能丽到最好的价格Its the dragonfly nymphs that fetch the best price幸运的是草海的丽源非蜻蜓丰常富且高速再生Fortunately, Caohai's dragonflies are abundant and fast breeding 所以老耿和其他的丽民丽不危会它数及丽的量11so Geng and his fellow fishermen have so far had little impact on theirnumbers但丽非所有野生丽物都丽丽生机勃勃But not all wildlife is so resilient 丽所上海附近的佛丽This buddhist temple near Shanghai有一段与之相丽的丽奇故事has an extraordinary story attached toit2007年5月 In May 2007一支狂野中丽国制丽在丽所寺丽的丽塘里A Wild China camera team filmed this peculiar Swinhoe's turtle拍丽到了丽只罕丽的斑丽in the temple's fishpond据寺丽的和所丽尚丽只丽在明朝期丽被丽予寺丽According to the monks, this turtle had been given to the temple during theMing dynasty至今已有400余年丽史了over 400 years ago它被丽丽是地球上最老的丽物It was thought to be the oldest animal on Earth丽丽被多中人丽丽神丽的丽丽壳很从国Soft shell turtles are considerd a god-made delicacy by many Chinese在被丽丽下的丽候and when it was filmed它国已是中丽存的三只斑丽之一this was one of just three Swinhoe's Turtles left alive in China他的同胞丽The rest of its kind被作当尽食物剿丽殆having been rounded up and eaten悲痛人心的是在拍丽后的短短几周后Sadly, just a few weeks afterfilming丽只丽古的生物世丽了与辞this ancient creature died他的其他同丽丽在被散丽在不同丽物园保丽着The remaining individuals of its species are currently kept in seperate zoos据丽算丽在斑丽在自然界中已丽丽丽了12and Swinhoe's Turtle is now reckoned extinct in the wild事丽上中国25丽淡水丽中In fact, most of the 25 types of fresh water turtles in China多都已然丽数危are now vanishingly rare杜丽物丽丽丽的唯一途径The answer to extinction就是加以保丽is protection丽里有丽穿中南方的国断壮区网不大的自然保丽丽And there is now a growing network of nature reserves through southernChina其中丽家界天子山那由沙石构成的高丽的Of these, the Tianzi Mountain Reserve at Zangjiajie is perhaps the most visited by Chinese nature lovers塔反状国青重力地貌最受中自然丽好者的丽who come to marvel at the gravity-defying landscape of soaring sand stonepinnacles在丽家界的山峰丽蜿蜒清澈丽底的溪流Winding between Zhangjiajie's peakscrystal clear mountain streams are home to what is perhaps China's strangestcreature 居住着一丽中最奇国怪的生物This bizarre animal 丽丽奇的丽物异is a type of newt 于丽的一丽属螈the Chinese Giant Salamander中大丽国In China, it is known as the baby fish在中国被之丽它称娃娃丽丽名称当儿声源自他悲丽丽丽出的丽似丽哭泣的音because when distressed, it makes a sound like a crying infant。
美丽作文之美丽中国解说词
美丽中国解说词【篇一：纪录片美丽中国中英文解说词】【篇二：纪录片美丽中国__中英文解说词】美丽中国（wild china）第一集龙之心 heart of the dragon永波：我们的中国探索之旅始于南方的亚热带our exploration of china begins in the warm subtropical south 漓江的渔人和鱼鸟栖坐在竹筏上on the li river fishermen and birds perch on bamboo rafts这个组合已延续千年之久 a partnership that goes back more than a thousand years 这景致已为世人所熟悉 this scenery is known throughout the world那是中国水墨永恒的主题 a recurring motif in chinese paintings 和旅人永远的胜地 and a major tourist attraction中国南部是片有英国国土 the south of china is a vast area九倍之大的广阔土地eight times larger than the uk这里是山雨的国度 its a landscape of hills but also of water这里一年之中有250天在降雨 it rains here for up to 250 days a year到处都是积水and standing water is everywhere在扬子江的涝原 in a floodplain of the yangtse river黑尾鹬在泥泞中寻索着虫子black-tailed godwits probe the mud in search of worms并非只有野生动物在这样的环境下茁壮成长现在是交配的季节 its the mating season雄禾田蛙们为了吸引异性而卖力高鸣and male paddy frogs are competing for the attention of females但这并非总能为你吸引来关注的目光but it dosent always pay to draw too much attention to youself 中国池鹭是个饕餮掠食者 the chinese pond heron is a crapulous predator就算在耕作过的稻田中央 even in the middle of a ploughed paddy field也会上演喙与爪的血腥剧目 nature is red in beak and claw或许这看上去像一场屠杀 this may look like a slaughter但每只池鹭一次只能吞噬一只蛙 but as each heron can swallow only one frog at a time 此时剩余的多数派得以逃生并获得了明日再度高歌的机会the vast majority will escape to croak another day元阳县这样广泛种植水稻的terrace paddies like those of yunyang county are found across much of southern china 梯田横贯中国南部this whole vast landscape is dominated by rice cultivation 苗族人在炎热的贵州发展了高度发达的水稻种植in hilly guizhou province the miao minority have developed a remarkable rice culture苗族人把木屋建立在陡峭低产的山壁上with every inch of fertile land given over to rice cultivation用其余每寸丰饶的土地来种植水稻the miao build their wooden houses on the steepest and least productive hillsides所有东西在中国农村都自有其用处 in chinese rural life everything has a use牛棚里的肥料在太阳下晒干用作煮饭的燃料dried in the sun manure from the cowsheds would be used as cooking fuel中午时分宋家人正饱餐以米和蔬菜为主的中饭its midday and the song family are tucking into a lunch of rice and vegetables老祖父宋古永置身于天伦之乐外 oblivious to the domestic chitchat寻思着重要的事情granddad guyong xiu has serious maters on his mind春季是稻禾生长的伊始时节 spring is a start of the rice growing season庄稼的长势决定了来年宋家人的生计the success of the crop will determin how well the family will eat next year因而选择合适的时机进行耕作是至关重要的 so planting at the right time is critical时机的选择取决于当年的天气情况 the ideal date depends on what the weather will do this year 而这些却是永难估料的 never easy to predict但是身边就存在着贴心小帮手 but there is some surprising help at hand宋家厅堂房梁上的是一对刚从冬季迁徙中归来的金腰燕on the cielling of the songs living room a pair of red-rumped swallow, newly arrive from their winter migration他们正在为装潢新一年度的宅邸而忙碌is busy fixing up last years nest在中国动物们被赋予独特的象征意义并被细心呵护in china , animals are valued as much for their symbolic meaning as for any good they may do 苗族人笃信成双燕终身相伴不离不弃miao people believe that swallow pairs remain faithful for life 因此他们的存在被视为 so their presence is a favor and a blessing幸福生活与美满婚姻的象征bringing happiness to a marriage and good luck to a home 如大多数苗人一样宋家起居室的窗子可以眺望见成片的梯田like most miao dwellings, the songs living room windows look out over the paddy fields 从早春起一扇窗子便为了方便燕子往返穿飞而敞开from early spring, one of these windows is always left open to let the swallows come and go freely 古老爹知晓每年燕子归来的确切时间each year granddad gu notes the exact day the swallows return苗族人坚信这些鸟儿的归来预示着春季的来临miao people believe the birds arrival predicts the timing of the season ahead然而今年他们姗姗来迟this year, they were late因而古老爹和其他族中长老一致认为今年的插秧应当推迟so gu and the other community elders have agreed that rice planting should be delayed accordingly 当苗族人为了插秧而整备田地时 as the miao prepare their fields for planting燕子们或搜集修整巢穴用的泥巴 the swallows collect mud to repair their nests相当于法国和西班牙国土加起来那么大this vast area of southwest china的中国西南的广阔土地 the size of france and spain combined 因为宛如被干燥中空的谷地隔离开来的巨大蛋盒般is famous for its clusters of conical hills连绵的锥形山脉而闻名于世like giant upturned egg carton seperated by dry empty valleys 这就是喀斯特地貌this is the karst, a limestone terrain石灰石地貌俨然成为南部中国的标志性特征which has become the defining image of southern china喀斯特地貌通常以突起的裸岩状态分布karst landscapes are often studded with rocky outcrops这迫使当地农民只得在破碎的小块土地上耕作 forcing local farmers to cultivate tiny fields 当地人是中国最贫穷的居民之一the people who live here are among the poorest in china在毗邻的云南省 in neighboring yunnan province遍布着石灰石 limestone rocks have taken over entirely这就是著名的石林this is the famous stone forest无数年侵蚀作用的产物 the product of countless years of erosion造就了无数的狭道与巅峰producing a maze of deep gullets and sharp-edged pinnacles 石灰石有一个独性那就是能被雨水分解limestone has a strange property that is dissolves in rain water 在数千年的漫长光阴中水的侵蚀深入到岩床的心脏地带over many thousands of years, water has corrode its way deep into the heart of the bedrock itself 这一自然奇观成为了著名的旅游景点this natural wonder has a famous tourist spot 每年的访客数量多达200万人receiving close to 2 million visitors each year 中国人特别喜好奇形怪状的岩石 the chinese are fond of curiously shaped rocks 并以为嶙峋怪石冠上千奇百怪的名字为乐 and many have been given fanciful names 但没人来猜测这个块怪石的名字 no prices for guessing what this one is called 但百闻不如置身这片奇妙山地亲身一见but there is more to this landscape than meets the eye在中国醒目的喀斯特地貌下 china has literally thousands of mysterious caverns 隐匿着无数的神秘洞穴 concealed beneath the visible landscape of the karst这些隐秘世界大多不为世人所知 much of this hidden world has never been seen by human eyes 而现在他们将被展现在世人眼前and its only just now being explored火盛：国南方洞穴不仅用于遮蔽 in southern china, caves arent just used for shelter 他们也能为当地人带来恩惠 they can be a source of revenue for the community 数代的人持续受到洞穴的恩泽people have been visiting this cave for generations 洞穴地底覆盖了满满鸟粪the cave floor is covered in guano仅仅十分钟时间就能让农人满载而归so plentiful that 10 minutes work can fill these farmers baskets 这是一种宝贵的天然肥料this used as a valuable source of fertilizer鸟粪的源头能听到河水上空的鸟鸣a clue to the source of the guano can be heard above the noise of the river 噪音因为山洞而被放大 the sound originates high up in the roof of the cave 入口处聚满了雨燕the entrance is full of swifts他们是社交性动物they are very sociable birds约200000多的共享贵州南部的洞穴more than 200,000 of them share this cave in southern guizhou province 中国最大的雨燕栖息地 the biggest swift colony in china如今中国的家燕多数将巢穴建在建筑物的屋顶these days, chinese house swifts mostly nest in the roofs of buildings 但其实在房屋被发明出来之前 but rock crevasses like these were their original home 这样的岩缝才是他们原本安家的地方 long before houses were invented尽管雨燕依靠洞穴遮蔽 though the swifts depend on the cave for shelter 他们却必定在日落前归巢they never stray further than the limits of daylight 因为他们的眼睛无法在黑夜中看清事物as their eyes cant see in dark然而洞穴深处 however, deep inside the cavern是一群更适应地下other creatures are better equipped隐秘生活的居民 for subterranean life一群蝙蝠刚刚醒来a colony of bats is just waking up他们运用超声波在黑夜中确定自己的方位using ultrasonic squeaks to orientate themselves in the darkness 夜晚是狩猎时间 night is the time to go huntingrickett鼠耳蝠是亚洲蝙蝠中唯一ricketts mouse-eared bat is the only bat in asia which specializes in catching fishes 通过在水面依靠声波对涟漪的反射追踪游鱼的蝙蝠种tracking them down from the sound reflection of ripples on the water surface 这种非凡的技巧仅在数年前被发现this extraordinary behavior was only discovered in the last couple of years 现在首次被记录下来展示给世人and has never been filmed before志君：蜿蜒在张家界的山峰间清澈见底的溪流 winding between zhangjiajies peaks 居住着一种中国最奇怪的生物crystal clear mountain streams are home to what is perhaps chinas strangest creature 这种奇异的动物 this bizarre animal属于蝾螈的一种 is a type of newt中国大鲵 the chinese giant salamander在中国它被称之为娃娃鱼 in china, it is known as the baby fish 这名称源自当他悲伤时发出的类似婴儿哭泣的声音because when distressed, it makes a sound like a crying infant成年体长1~1.5米 it grows up to a meter and a half long这使它成为世界上最大的两栖类动物making it the worlds largest amphibian 在自然条件下一只大鲵可以活到十岁under natural conditions, a giant salamander may live decades 但是和很多其他中国动物一样but like so many chinese animals它被视为美味佳肴 it is considered delicious to eat尽管被列为国家级保护动物 despite being classed as protected species大鲵仍然被当作食物非法买卖 giant salamanders are still illegally sold for food 现在娃娃鱼已经非常稀有 and the baby fish is now rare在自然界濒临灭绝了 and endangered in the wild幸运的是在像张家界这样的一些地方fortunately in a few areas like zhangjiajie, 大鲵在政府的严格保护下得以幸存giant salamanders still survive under strict official protection 通过适当的措施 given the right help即便是最珍稀的生物也能获得救赎 even the rarest creatures can return from the brink 只要我们展现意志if we show the will大自然会为我们找到出路nature will find the way.【篇三：纪录片《美丽中国》观后感】纪录片《美丽中国》观后感《美丽中国》是表现中国野生动植物和自然人文景观的大型电视纪录片，看过之后给了我深深的触动。
美丽中国(WildChina)第一集龙之心HeartoftheDragon
美丽中国（Wild China）第一集龙之心Heart of the Dragon 中英文字幕文本 (1)00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:06,700最后的隐世净土The last hidden world200:00:07,900 --> 00:00:09,500中国China300:00:11,700 --> 00:00:16,300数世纪来旅人传诵着关于这片神奇土地For centuries, travellers to China have told tales of magical landscapes400:00:18,980 --> 00:00:24,800以及那些神奇生物的传说and surprising creatures500:00:26,100 --> 00:00:29,300中国文明是世界最古老的文明Chinese civilization is the world's oldest600:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,400而如今是最宏博的and today it's largest700:00:32,800 --> 00:00:34,600那数十亿的人民with well over a billion people800:00:36,600 --> 00:00:40,700现存超过五十个民族It's home to more than 50 distinct ethnic groups900:00:40,740 --> 00:00:43,400以及各式各样贴近自然的and a wide range of traditional life styles00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:48,700传统生活方式often inclose partnership with nature1100:00:52,500 --> 00:00:58,400我们都知道中国面对着着众多社会环境问题We know that China faces immense social and environmental problems1200:00:59,700 --> 00:01:03,000但这里也存在着令人窒息的美丽but there is great beauty here too1300:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,400中国有着世界最高峰China is home to the world's highest mountains,1400:01:09,800 --> 00:01:13,200从无垠的炙热沙漠vast deserts ranging from from searing hot1500:01:13,500 --> 00:01:16,400到麻木大脑的寒冷地带to mind numbing cold1600:01:17,400 --> 00:01:18,600以及那蒸笼般的森林中steaming forests1700:01:18,900 --> 00:01:20,800隐匿的各种珍稀生物harboring rare creatures1800:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,400天际下广阔无垠的草原grassy plains beneath vast horizons00:01:28,990 --> 00:01:32,000以及富饶的热带海洋and rich tropical seas2000:01:35,400 --> 00:01:37,400现在我们第一次有机会Now, for the first time ever2100:01:37,999 --> 00:01:41,000深入探索这片伟大的土地we can explore the whole of this great country2200:01:43,300 --> 00:01:48,300接触栖息于此的珍奇生物meet some of the surprising and exotic creatures that live here2300:01:50,600 --> 00:01:55,400目睹中国这片神奇土地上and consider the relationship of the people and wildlife of China2400:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,500人与野生世界的羁绊to the remarkable landscaping which they live2500:02:04,000 --> 00:02:08,400这就是最原味的中国This is wild China2600:02:10,000 --> 00:02:23,000仅以此献给我们多灾多难但美丽依旧的祖国For our troubled but drop-dead beautiful motherland2600:02:38,980 --> 00:02:43,400我们的中国探索之旅始于南方的亚热带Our exploration of China begins in the warm subtropical south00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:49,800漓江的渔人和鱼鸟栖坐在竹筏上On the Li River fishermen and birds perch on bamboo rafts2800:02:50,200 --> 00:02:53,400这个组合已延续千年之久a partnership that goes back more than a thousand years2900:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,600这景致已为世人所熟悉This scenery is known throughout the world3000:03:12,600 --> 00:03:16,400那是中国水墨永恒的主题a recurring motif in Chinese paintings3100:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,900和旅人永远的胜地and a major tourist attraction3200:03:24,500 --> 00:03:27,400中国南部是片有英国国土The south of China is a vast area3300:03:27,700 --> 00:03:30,200九倍之大的广阔土地eight times larger than the UK3400:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,000这里It's a landscape of hills3500:03:34,800 --> 00:03:36,400是山雨的国度but also of water00:03:44,500 --> 00:03:47,900这里一年之中有250天在降雨It rains here for up to 250 days a year3700:03:48,600 --> 00:03:50,600到处都是积水and standing water is everywhere3800:03:55,800 --> 00:03:57,900在扬子江的涝原In a floodplain of the Yangtse River3900:03:58,600 --> 00:04:02,400黑尾鹬在泥泞中寻索着虫子black-tailed godwits probe the mud in search of worms4000:04:03,400 --> 00:04:06,900并非只有野生动物在这样的环境下茁壮成长But it isn't just wildlife that thrive in this environment4100:04:07,500 --> 00:04:13,500沼泽般湿润肥沃的土地为作物家族最显著的成员提供了最理想的环境the swampy ground provides ideal conditions for the remarkable member of the grass family4200:04:14,500 --> 00:04:15,500这就是稻米rice4300:04:18,500 --> 00:04:22,400中国有着至少8000年的稻米种植史The Chinese have been cultivating rice for at least 8 thousand years4400:04:25,200 --> 00:04:28,400他们改变了这块土地It has transformed the landscape00:04:31,300 --> 00:04:35,500对云南南部的农民而言冬末是个繁忙的季节Late winter in southern Yunnan is a busy time for local farmers4600:04:35,700 --> 00:04:39,800因为他们要为即将来临的春天整顿这片古老的稻田as they prepare the age-old paddy fieldready for the coming spring4700:04:49,300 --> 00:04:52,000元阳县的山坡以2000M之势These hill slopes of Yuanyang county4800:04:52,100 --> 00:04:56,400斜插于红河谷地的河床plunge nearly 2000m to the floor of the Red River Valley4900:04:58,000 --> 00:05:05,000包含了上千由原始刨掘工具所创造出的梯田each contains literally thousands of stack terraces carved out by hand using basic digging tools5000:05:07,400 --> 00:05:12,000云南的梯田是中国最古老人类耕作痕迹中Yunnan's rice terraces are among the oldest human structures in China5100:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,400依旧被耕种使用的土地still ploughed as they always have been5200:05:15,800 --> 00:05:18,300正如千百年来的习俗一样by domesticated water buffaloes5300:05:18,400 --> 00:05:23,700源自云南河谷的家养水牛承担了耕作的重任whose ancestors originated in these very valleys00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:58,900这片人力开拓的土地是工业化前中国最惊奇宏伟的壮景This man-made landscape is one of the most amazing engineering feats of preindustrial China5500:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,800似乎这里的每一寸土地It seems as if every square inch of land5600:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,400都被打上了农耕的痕迹has been pressed into cultivation5700:06:21,400 --> 00:06:22,800当薄暮降临As evening approaches5800:06:23,300 --> 00:06:26,300另一场古老的仪式上演an age-old ritual unfolds5900:06:28,300 --> 00:06:29,600现在是交配的季节It's the mating season6000:06:30,000 --> 00:06:34,000雄禾田蛙们为了吸引异性而卖力高鸣and male paddy frogs are competing for the attention of females6100:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,400但这并非总能为你吸引来关注的目光But it dosen't always pay to draw too much attention to youself6200:06:49,600 --> 00:06:52,600中国池鹭是个饕餮掠食者The Chinese Pond Heron is a crapulous predator00:06:58,700 --> 00:07:01,100就算在耕作过的稻田中央Even in the middle of a ploughed paddy field6400:07:01,400 --> 00:07:04,300也会上演喙与爪的血腥剧目<i>nature is red in beak and claw6500:07:15,550 --> 00:07:17,300或许这看上去像一场屠杀This may look like a slaughter6600:07:17,800 --> 00:07:20,900但每只池鹭一次只能吞噬一只蛙but as each heron can swallow only one frog at a time6700:07:21,200 --> 00:07:24,500此时剩余的多数派得以逃生并获得了明日再度高歌的机会the vast majority will escape to croak another day6800:07:29,900 --> 00:07:35,000元阳县这样广泛种植水稻的Terrace paddies like those of YunYang county are found across much of southern China6900:07:36,900 --> 00:07:40,500梯田横贯中国南部This whole vast landscape is dominated by rice cultivation7000:07:45,300 --> 00:07:51,000苗族人在炎热的贵州发展了高度发达的水稻种植In heated Guizhou province the Miao minority have developed a remarkable rice culture7100:07:53,700 --> 00:07:57,200苗族人把木屋建立在陡峭低产的山壁上With every inch of fertile land given over to rice cultivation00:07:58,300 --> 00:08:03,400用其余每寸丰饶的土地来种植水稻the Miao build their wooden houses on the steepest and least productive hillsides7300:08:06,500 --> 00:08:09,200所有东西在中国农村都自有其用处In Chinese rural life everything has a use7400:08:09,600 --> 00:08:13,500牛棚里的肥料在太阳下晒干用作煮饭的燃料dried in the sun manure from the cowsheds would be used as cooking fuel7500:08:24,800 --> 00:08:29,990中午时分宋家人正饱餐以米和蔬菜为主的中饭It's midday and the Song family aretucking into a lunch of rice and vegetables7600:08:37,999 --> 00:08:40,400老祖父宋古永置身于天伦之乐外Oblivious to the domestic chitchat7700:08:40,600 --> 00:08:44,600寻思着重要的事情granddad Guyong Song has serious maters on his mind7800:08:45,800 --> 00:08:48,600春季是稻禾生长的伊始时节Spring is a start of the rice growing season7900:08:49,100 --> 00:08:53,000庄稼的长势决定了来年宋家人的生计the success of the crop will determin how well the family will eat next year8000:08:53,400 --> 00:08:56,100因而选择合适的时机进行耕作是至关重要的so planting at the right time is critical00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:00,300时机的选择取决于当年的天气情况The ideal date depends on what the weather will do this year8200:09:00,990 --> 00:09:02,400而这些却是永难估料的never easy to predict8300:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,700但是身边就存在着贴心小帮手But there is some surprising help at hand8400:09:08,000 --> 00:09:14,200宋家厅堂房梁上的是一对刚从冬季迁徙中归来的金腰燕On the cielling of the Song's living rooma pair of red-rumped swallow newly arrive from their winter migration8500:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,600他们正在为装潢新一年度的宅邸而忙碌is busy fixing up last year's nest8600:09:20,000 --> 00:09:26,300在中国动物们被赋予独特的象征意义并被细心呵护In China animals are valued does much for their symbolic meaning as for many good they may do8700:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,700苗族人笃信成双燕终身相伴不离不弃Miao people believe that swallow pairs remain faithful for life8800:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,800因此他们的存在被视为so their presence is a favor and a blessing8900:09:37,300 --> 00:09:41,000幸福生活与美满婚姻的象征bringing happiness to a marriage and good luck to a home00:09:42,890 --> 00:09:47,600如大多数苗人一样宋家起居室的窗子可以眺望见成片的梯田Like most Miao dwellings, the Song's living room windows look out over the paddy fields9100:09:48,400 --> 00:09:54,000从早春起一扇窗子便为了方便燕子往返穿飞而敞开From early spring, one of these windows is always left open to let the swallows come and go freely9200:09:57,700 --> 00:10:02,400古老爹知晓每年燕子归来的确切时间Each year granddad Gu knows the exact day the swallows return9300:10:04,000 --> 00:10:08,400苗族人坚信这些鸟儿的归来预示着春季的来临Miao people believe the birds arrival predicts the timing of a season ahead9400:10:09,200 --> 00:10:10,500然而今年他们姗姗来迟This year, they were late9500:10:11,700 --> 00:10:18,900因而古老爹和其他族中长老一致认为今年的插秧应当推迟so Gu and the other community elders have agreed that rice planting should be delayed accordingly9600:10:28,900 --> 00:10:31,400当苗族人为了插秧而整备田地时As the Miao prepare their fields for planting9700:10:31,990 --> 00:10:34,900燕子们或搜集修整巢穴用的泥巴the swallows collect mud to repair their nests9800:10:35,500 --> 00:10:38,400或穿越新耕的稻田追逐昆虫and chase after insects across the newly ploughed paddies00:11:10,300 --> 00:11:12,300最终经过了几周的准备Finally, after weeks of preparation10000:11:12,700 --> 00:11:15,400这个预定种植的时刻来临了the ordained time for planting has arrived10100:11:16,400 --> 00:11:19,600首先秧苗必须从苗床上连根拔起but first the seedlings must be uproot from the nursery beds10200:11:20,100 --> 00:11:23,400扎成捆移植到高处山地and bundled up ready to be transported to their new paddy10300:11:23,500 --> 00:11:24,900那崭新的苗床上higher up the hillside10400:11:26,200 --> 00:11:29,400宋家邻里乡亲全员出动帮助移植All the Song's neighbors have turned out to help with the transplanting10500:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,200这是一直来他们的集体协作方式It's how the community has always worked10600:11:32,400 --> 00:11:35,600当然一旦时刻来临宋家人也会做出相同行为来报恩when the time comes, the Songs will return the favor10700:11:40,800 --> 00:11:43,000当农户们忙碌在田埂间时While the farmers are busy in the fields00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:46,700飞燕们则衔着修整巢穴的材料来来往往the swallows fly back and forth with material for their nest10900:12:09,700 --> 00:12:11,400人多力量大Many hands make light work11000:12:12,500 --> 00:12:15,300插秧的整个过程只持续了仅一个多小时planting the new paddy takes a little more than an hour11100:12:33,000 --> 00:12:36,000当工作完成农户们得以休息Job done, the villagers can relax11200:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,600至少在明天来临之前at least until tomorrow11300:12:40,400 --> 00:12:43,300然而对这些筑巢的飞鸟而言修筑家园的宏大工程But for the nesting swallows, the work of raising a family11400:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,500才刚刚开始has only just begun11500:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,000新耕种的田地里In the newly planted fields11600:12:57,200 --> 00:12:59,400白鹭在寻找食物little egrets hunt for foods00:13:01,700 --> 00:13:04,800稻田成了虫鱼蝌蚪的乐园The rice paddy harbor tadpoles fish and insects11800:13:05,200 --> 00:13:07,400而白鹭正好以此哺育幼鸟and egrets have chicks to feed11900:13:09,700 --> 00:13:13,600重庆自然保护区建立于1996年This colony in Chongqing province is established in 199612000:13:14,500 --> 00:13:19,000当成群的鸟儿安家在阳光村后方的小竹林when a few dozen birds build nests in thebamboo grove behind YanGuang village12100:13:20,990 --> 00:13:22,400当地人将其视为幸运的使者Believing they were assigned of luck12200:13:22,700 --> 00:13:27,100他们最初小心保护这些白鹭和他们的栖息地local people initially protected the egrets and the colony grove12300:13:29,400 --> 00:13:32,500但当村长病重后他们的态度发生了转变But their attitude change when the head of the village fell ill12400:13:34,700 --> 00:13:38,300当政府开始介入保护鸟群时They blame the birds and were all set to destroy their nests12500:13:38,800 --> 00:13:41,000他们开始敌视鸟群并着手摧毁巢穴when the local government stepped in to protect them00:13:51,700 --> 00:13:55,000易弯曲的竹子或许并非安家的最佳场所Bendy bamboo may not be the safest nesting place12700:13:56,300 --> 00:13:59,400但至少这些小家伙们不会成为捕食者的腹中餐but at least these youngsters won't end up at someone's dinner12800:14:11,700 --> 00:14:15,000这些小家伙刚从母亲嘴里分得美食These chicks have just had a meal delivered by their mom12900:14:15,700 --> 00:14:17,700对新生的小嘴着实是一大挑战quite a challenge for litter beaks13000:14:30,000 --> 00:14:32,000介于他们的栖息地是受保护的Providing their colonies are protected13100:14:32,200 --> 00:14:38,400像白鹭这样的候鸟是少数直接从发达的水稻种植中获益的鸟类wading birds like egrets are among the few wild creatures which benefit directly from intensive rice cultivation13200:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,000水稻生长需要大量的水Growing rice needs lots of water13300:14:44,600 --> 00:14:50,400但即便是在多雨的南方有些土地也面临缺水的危机but even in the rainy south, there are landscapes where water is surprisingly scarce 13400:14:55,700 --> 00:14:58,000相当于法国和西班牙国土加起来那么大This vast area of southwest China13500:14:58,200 --> 00:15:00,600的中国西南的广阔土地the size of France and Spain combined13600:15:00,900 --> 00:15:03,500因为宛如被干燥中空的谷地隔离开来的巨大蛋盒般is famous for its clusters of conical hills13700:15:03,990 --> 00:15:10,000连绵的锥形山脉而闻名于世like giant upturned egg cartonseperated by dry empty valleys13800:15:13,990 --> 00:15:15,400这就是喀斯特地貌This is the karst13900:15:16,000 --> 00:15:22,400石灰石地貌俨然成为南部中国的标志性特征a limestone terrain which has become the defining image of southern China14000:15:24,000 --> 00:15:29,000喀斯特地貌通常以突起的裸岩状态分布Karst landscapes are oftenstudded with rocky outcrops14100:15:29,300 --> 00:15:32,200这迫使当地农民只得在破碎的小块土地上耕作forcing local farmers to cultivate tiny fields14200:15:38,400 --> 00:15:41,500当地人是中国最贫穷的居民之一The people who live hereare among the poorest in China14300:15:44,400 --> 00:15:46,000在毗邻的云南省In neighboring Yunnan province00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:49,000遍布着石灰石limestone rocks have taken over entirely14500:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,300这就是著名的石林This is the famous Stone Forest14600:16:02,600 --> 00:16:05,200无数年侵蚀作用的产物the product of countless years of erosion14700:16:05,500 --> 00:16:09,000造就了无数的狭道与巅峰producing a maze of deep gullets and sharp-edged pinnacles14800:16:14,300 --> 00:16:18,000石灰石有一个独性那就是能被雨水分解Limestone has a strange property that is dissolves in rain water14900:16:20,500 --> 00:16:26,000在数千年的漫长光阴中水的侵蚀深入到岩床的心脏地带Over many thousands of years, water has corrode its way deep into the heart of the bedrock itself15000:16:35,700 --> 00:16:38,500这一自然奇观成为了著名的旅游景点This natural wonder has a famous tourist spot15100:16:39,200 --> 00:16:43,400每年的访客数量多达200万人receiving close to 2 million visitors each year15200:16:45,400 --> 00:16:48,000中国人特别喜好奇形怪状的岩石The Chinese are fond of curiously shaped rocks00:16:48,300 --> 00:16:51,600并以为嶙峋怪石冠上千奇百怪的名字为乐and many have been given fanciful names15400:16:51,750 --> 00:16:54,300但没人来猜测这个块怪石的名字No prices for guessing what this one is called15500:16:57,900 --> 00:17:00,400但百闻不如置身这片奇妙山地亲身一见But there is more to this landscapethan meets the eye15600:17:00,990 --> 00:17:04,500在中国醒目的喀斯特地貌下China has literally thousands of mysterious caverns15700:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,600隐匿着无数的神秘洞穴concealed beneath the visible landscape of the karst15800:17:08,700 --> 00:17:12,400这些隐秘世界大多不为世人所知Much of this hidden world has never been seen by human eyes15900:17:12,700 --> 00:17:16,000而现在他们将被展现在世人眼前And it's only just now being explored16000:17:24,100 --> 00:17:27,000奇险洞穴中再现了一场终极的探险For a growing band of intrepid young Chinese explorers16100:17:27,300 --> 00:17:32,000主角是一群日渐成长初生牛犊般的年轻探险家caves represent the ultimate adventure00:17:34,300 --> 00:17:37,400探索一个洞穴犹如一场穿越时空的探险Exploring a cave is like taking the journey through time16300:17:37,800 --> 00:17:42,400常年积水叮咚伴随着无止境般的旅途a journey which endless raindrops would have followed over countless centuries16400:17:53,400 --> 00:17:55,600水滴潺潺落下Fed by countless drips and trickles16500:17:56,000 --> 00:17:59,500地下河流深切入岩the subterranean river carves ever deeper into the rock16600:18:09,600 --> 00:18:13,000石灰岩河床将洞穴的河道分割成千沟万壑The cave river's course is channeled by the beds of limestone16700:18:13,600 --> 00:18:18,000石灰岩薄弱处被河水冲刷差距的陡坡处水量激增A weakness in the rock can not allow the river to increase its gradient flowrate16800:18:18,160 --> 00:18:22,600为洞穴探险带来相当的挑战providing a real challenge for the cave explorers16900:19:02,400 --> 00:19:05,600水流到达地下水位后便停止下流The downward rushes halted when the water table is reached17000:19:06,600 --> 00:19:10,800这里缓缓流动的河流切割出一条圆形隧道Here the slow flowing river carves tunnels with a more rounded profile00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:19,600这静谧的世界是穴居鱼的家This tranquil world is home to specialized cave fishes17200:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,700比如无目金鲃like the eye-less Golden Barb17300:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,600中国或许拥有地球上种类最为繁多的China may have unique kinds of cave evolved fishes17400:19:27,900 --> 00:19:30,700洞穴进化鱼than anywhere else on Earth17500:19:35,400 --> 00:19:36,900在地下水位线Above the water table17600:19:37,200 --> 00:19:43,500远古洞穴溢满的河水中充斥着石笋和钟乳石ancient caverns abandoned by the river slowly fill up with stalactites and stalagmites17700:19:48,120 --> 00:19:52,700含有沉积物的水流Stalactites form as trickling water deposites tiny quantities of rock17800:19:52,980 --> 00:19:55,400在千万年间“滴水成石”over hundreds or thousands of years17900:19:56,700 --> 00:20:01,500含有石灰质的水滴落石床形成石笋Stalagmites grow up where lime laid and drips hit the cave floor00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:27,000迄今为止被探索发掘的中国洞穴是中国大地上的九牛一毛So far, only a fraction of China's caves have been thoroughly prospected18100:20:27,200 --> 00:20:30,600而被发掘的洞穴不断为我们展现地底奇观and caves are constantly discovering new subterranean marvels18200:20:30,800 --> 00:20:36,200许多在后来被开发成了商业景点many of which are subsequently developed into commercial show caves18300:20:44,250 --> 00:20:46,300探索者沿着洞穴河流出山谷的轨迹逃离了黑暗Finally escaping the darkness18400:20:46,700 --> 00:20:52,700在远离出发地的河谷the cave river and its human explorers emerge in a valley far from where their journey began18500:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,300这场冒险拉上了帷幕or now the adventure is over18600:20:60,290 --> 00:21:02,000源自洞穴河流Rivers which issue from caves18700:21:02,100 --> 00:21:04,400为喀斯特地区提供了生命之泉are the key to survival in the karst country18800:21:04,990 --> 00:21:07,200贵州的垂直峡谷This vertical gorge in Guizhou province00:21:07,500 --> 00:21:12,200成为了当地野生动物的密集焦点is a focal point for the region's wildlife19000:21:26,150 --> 00:21:28,400这是世界上最珍稀的灵长类之一This is one of the world's rarest primates19100:21:29,600 --> 00:21:31,700白颊黑叶猴Francois's langur19200:21:33,000 --> 00:21:36,200在中国他们只残存于两个南部省份In China, they survive in just two southern provinces19300:21:36,700 --> 00:21:38,600贵州与广西Guizhou and Guangxi19400:21:39,220 --> 00:21:42,500多半栖息于崎岖的石灰岩地貌地带always in ragged limestone terrains19500:21:44,400 --> 00:21:46,700正如大多数猴子一样他们是社会性生物Like most monkeys, they're social creatures19600:21:47,400 --> 00:21:50,300并且他们乐于耗费大把时间为彼此整理仪容and spend a great deal of time grooming each other19700:21:59,300 --> 00:22:05,300叶猴是个不折不扣以嫩芽、嫩叶、水果为食的素食主义者Langurs are essentially vegetarian with a diet of buds, fruits, and tender young leaves00:22:17,190 --> 00:22:19,200叶猴宝宝裹着姜黄色的毛发出生Babies are born with ginger fur19900:22:19,500 --> 00:22:22,400这些毛发随着生长逐渐从尾部开始变成黑色which gradually turns black from the tail end20000:22:29,400 --> 00:22:31,800叶猴宝宝虎钳般的爪Young infants have a vise-like grip20100:22:31,990 --> 00:22:34,200帮助他们附着在妈妈身上以保证安全used for cling on to mom for dare life20200:22:36,800 --> 00:22:37,700随着年龄的增长As they get older20300:22:37,980 --> 00:22:40,500他们越发胆大，并开始常识更多刺激they get bolder and take more risks20400:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,600这些是经历诸多冒险后的幸存者Those have survive spend a lot of time travelling20500:22:48,280 --> 00:22:52,300尽管经验丰富的成年叶猴深知Yet experienced adults know exactly where to find seasonal food20600:22:52,500 --> 00:22:56,400到守备范围内不同区域的哪里去寻觅当季的食物in different parts of their range00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:00,000在如此陡峭的地带In such steep terrain20800:23:00,600 --> 00:23:03,400旅途顺利包含了高超的攀爬技巧travel involves a high level of climbing skill20900:23:03,900 --> 00:23:12,200这些猴子打会走路起就是卓越的攀岩专家These monkeys are spectacularly good rock climbers from the time they learnt to walk21000:23:19,900 --> 00:23:21,300叶猴族群In langur society21100:23:21,500 --> 00:23:23,200是母系社会females rule the roost21200:23:23,500 --> 00:23:26,400并且是举家迁徙的领队人物and take the lead when the family is on the move21300:23:52,500 --> 00:23:53,600峭壁一侧One section of cliff21400:23:53,980 --> 00:23:56,400分泌的水是富含矿物质的woops is a trickle of mineral-rich water21500:23:56,900 --> 00:23:59,600这对猴子们而言是不可抗拒的诱惑which the monkeys seem to find irresistible00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:20,400如今麻阳河自然保护区已鲜有危及猴宝宝的捕食者These days there are few predators in the Mayanghe Reserve which might pose a risk to baby monkey21700:24:20,880 --> 00:24:23,200然而在过去的数个世纪but in past centuries, this area of south China21800:24:23,700 --> 00:24:27,200中国南部的这个地区是豹子巨蟒甚至老虎的家was home to leopards, pythons, and even tigers21900:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,500为了在暗夜潜行者的利爪下存活To survive dangerous night prowlers22000:24:32,800 --> 00:24:34,400叶猴们前往地底the langurs went underground22100:24:35,200 --> 00:24:40,000用他们的高超的攀爬技巧爬到洞穴上方寻找庇护所using their rock climbing skills to seek shelter in inaccessible caverns22200:24:55,200 --> 00:24:58,300夜视镜在近乎黑暗的坏境下记录下Filmed in near darkness using a night vision camera22300:24:59,200 --> 00:25:02,300叶猴一家爬上了the troop clambers along familiar ledges22400:25:02,600 --> 00:25:05,200被数代猴族磨蚀光润的石壁的情景worn smooth by generations before them00:25:12,700 --> 00:25:14,400当冬日寒冷来袭During cold winter weather22600:25:14,880 --> 00:25:17,400猴子们则冒险潜入the monkeys venture deeper underground22700:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,400空气相对保持温暖的地下where the air stays comparatively warm22800:25:37,400 --> 00:25:39,200旅途的终点At last, journeys end,22900:25:39,600 --> 00:25:43,999高悬的庇护所使得最激进的捕食者都束手无策a coated niche beyond the reach of even the most enterprising predator23000:25:47,800 --> 00:25:50,600并非只有猴子们在洞穴中寻找遮蔽But it's not just monkeys that find shelter in caves23100:25:51,000 --> 00:25:53,000这些孩子们刚放学These children are off to school23200:25:54,400 --> 00:25:58,000在中国农村每天早上都意味着一段In rural China, that may mean a long trek each morning23300:25:58,200 --> 00:26:00,400穿越一两个洞穴的艰苦跋涉passing through a cave or two on the way00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:05,000然而并非所有孩子都要徒步上学But not all pupils have to walk to school23500:26:06,200 --> 00:26:08,300这些孩子是寄宿生These children are boarders23600:26:11,400 --> 00:26:13,600当孩子们快要到达学校时As the day pupils near journey's end23700:26:14,500 --> 00:26:16,600住宿生还在做早饭the boarders are still making breakfast23800:26:20,900 --> 00:26:24,600校园内仿若被关掉了灯一般黑暗In the school yard, someone seems to have switched the lights off23900:26:28,200 --> 00:26:30,000但这里其实并没有正规的操场But this is no ordinary play ground24000:26:30,900 --> 00:26:32,500以及正规的学校and no ordinary school24100:26:36,880 --> 00:26:37,880只不过是座Its house24200:26:38,700 --> 00:26:40,000洞穴中的房屋而已inside a cave00:26:43,500 --> 00:26:46,200天然拱顶阻隔了雨水A natural vault of rock keeps out the rain24400:26:46,500 --> 00:26:49,200为教室省去了屋顶so there is no need for a roof on the classroom24500:27:01,000 --> 00:27:04,400中东洞穴学校由六个班级Zhongdong cave school is made up of 6 classes24600:27:04,600 --> 00:27:06,900共200名学生组成with a total of 200 children24700:27:09,400 --> 00:27:13,400如同这所学校般这个洞穴住宅区As well as a school, the cave houses 18 families24800:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,200是18户人家和他们牲畜的聚居地together with their livestock24900:27:18,500 --> 00:27:22,000这或许是世界上唯一在洞穴中饲养的牛了This could be the only cave dwelling cows on Earth25000:27:27,500 --> 00:27:30,300放学后是游戏的时间With school work over, it's play time at last25100:27:43,000 --> 00:27:46,000在中国南方洞穴不仅用于遮蔽In southern China, caves aren't just used for shelter00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:49,300他们也能为当地人带来恩惠they can be a source of revenue for the community25300:28:22,600 --> 00:28:25,600数代的人持续受到洞穴的恩泽People have been visiting this cave for generations25400:28:25,900 --> 00:28:28,300洞穴地底覆盖了满满鸟粪The cave floor is covered in guano25500:28:28,700 --> 00:28:32,500仅仅十分钟时间就能让农人满载而归so plentiful that 10 minutes' work can fill these farmer's baskets25600:28:33,650 --> 00:28:36,200这是一种宝贵的天然肥料This used as a valuable source of fertilizer25700:28:45,000 --> 00:28:50,500鸟粪的源头能听到河水上空的鸟鸣A clue to the source of the guano can be heard above the noise of the river25800:28:51,300 --> 00:28:54,000噪音因为山洞而被放大The sound originates high up in the roof of the cave25900:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,800入口处聚满了雨燕The entrance is full of swifts26000:29:02,600 --> 00:29:04,500他们是社交性动物They are very sociable birds。
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美丽中国（Wild China）第一集龙之心Heart of the Dragon永波：我们的中国探索之旅始于南方的亚热带Our exploration of China begins in the warm subtropical south漓江的渔人和鱼鸟栖坐在竹筏上On the Li River fishermen and birds perch on bamboo rafts这个组合已延续千年之久 a partnership that goes back more than a thousand years这景致已为世人所熟悉This scenery is known throughout the world那是中国水墨永恒的主题 a recurring motif in Chinese paintings和旅人永远的胜地and a major tourist attraction中国南部是片有英国国土The south of China is a vast area九倍之大的广阔土地eight times larger than the UK这里是山雨的国度It's a landscape of hills but also of water这里一年之中有250天在降雨It rains here for up to 250 days a year到处都是积水and standing water is everywhere在扬子江的涝原In a floodplain of the Yangtse River黑尾鹬在泥泞中寻索着虫子black-tailed godwits probe the mud in search of worms并非只有野生动物在这样的环境下茁壮成长现在是交配的季节It's the mating season雄禾田蛙们为了吸引异性而卖力高鸣and male paddy frogs are competing for the attention of females但这并非总能为你吸引来关注的目光But it dosen't always pay to draw too much attention to youself中国池鹭是个饕餮掠食者The Chinese Pond Heron is a crapulous predator就算在耕作过的稻田中央Even in the middle of a ploughed paddy field也会上演喙与爪的血腥剧目nature is red in beak and claw或许这看上去像一场屠杀This may look like a slaughter但每只池鹭一次只能吞噬一只蛙but as each heron can swallow only one frog at a time 此时剩余的多数派得以逃生并获得了明日再度高歌的机会the vast majority will escape to croak another day元阳县这样广泛种植水稻的Terrace paddies like those of Y unYang county are found across much of southern China梯田横贯中国南部This whole vast landscape is dominated by rice cultivation苗族人在炎热的贵州发展了高度发达的水稻种植In hilly Guizhou province the Miao minority have developed a remarkable rice culture苗族人把木屋建立在陡峭低产的山壁上With every inch of fertile land given over to rice cultivation用其余每寸丰饶的土地来种植水稻the Miao build their wooden houses on the steepest and least productive hillsides所有东西在中国农村都自有其用处In Chinese rural life everything has a use牛棚里的肥料在太阳下晒干用作煮饭的燃料dried in the sun manure from the cowsheds would be used as cooking fuel中午时分宋家人正饱餐以米和蔬菜为主的中饭It's midday and the Song family are tucking into a lunch of rice and ve getables老祖父宋古永置身于天伦之乐外Oblivious to the domestic chitchat寻思着重要的事情granddad Guyong xiu has serious maters on his mind春季是稻禾生长的伊始时节Spring is a start of the rice growing season庄稼的长势决定了来年宋家人的生计the success of the crop will determin how wel l the family will eat next year因而选择合适的时机进行耕作是至关重要的so planting at the right time is critical时机的选择取决于当年的天气情况The ideal date depends on what the weather will do this year而这些却是永难估料的never easy to predict但是身边就存在着贴心小帮手But there is some surprising help at hand宋家厅堂房梁上的是一对刚从冬季迁徙中归来的金腰燕On the cielling of the Song's living room a pair of red-rumped swallow, newly arrive from their winter migration他们正在为装潢新一年度的宅邸而忙碌is busy fixing up last year's nest在中国动物们被赋予独特的象征意义并被细心呵护In China , animals are valued as much for their symbolic meaning as for any good they may do苗族人笃信成双燕终身相伴不离不弃Miao people believe that swallow pairs remain faithful for life因此他们的存在被视为so their presence is a favor and a blessing幸福生活与美满婚姻的象征bringing happiness to a marria ge and good luck to a home如大多数苗人一样宋家起居室的窗子可以眺望见成片的梯田Like most Miao dwellings, the Song's living room windows look out over the paddy fields从早春起一扇窗子便为了方便燕子往返穿飞而敞开From early spring, one of these windows is always left open to let the swallows come and go freely古老爹知晓每年燕子归来的确切时间Each year granddad Gu notes the exact day the swallows return苗族人坚信这些鸟儿的归来预示着春季的来临Miao people believe the birds' arrival predicts the timing of the season ahead然而今年他们姗姗来迟This year, they were late因而古老爹和其他族中长老一致认为今年的插秧应当推迟so Gu and the other community elders have agreed that rice planting should be delayed accordingly当苗族人为了插秧而整备田地时As the Miao prepare their fields for planting燕子们或搜集修整巢穴用的泥巴the swallows collect mud to repair their nests相当于法国和西班牙国土加起来那么大This vast area of southwest China的中国西南的广阔土地the size of France and Spain combined因为宛如被干燥中空的谷地隔离开来的巨大蛋盒般is famous for its clusters of conical hills连绵的锥形山脉而闻名于世like giant upturned egg carton seperated b y dry empty valleys这就是喀斯特地貌This is the karst, a limestone terrain石灰石地貌俨然成为南部中国的标志性特征which has become the defining image of southern China喀斯特地貌通常以突起的裸岩状态分布Karst landscapes are often studded with rocky outcrops这迫使当地农民只得在破碎的小块土地上耕作forcing local farmers to cultivate tiny fields当地人是中国最贫穷的居民之一The people who live here are among the poorest in China在毗邻的云南省In neighboring Yunnan province遍布着石灰石limestone rocks have taken over entirely这就是著名的石林This is the famous Stone Forest无数年侵蚀作用的产物the product of countless years of erosion造就了无数的狭道与巅峰producing a maze of deep gullets and sharp-edged pinnacles石灰石有一个独性那就是能被雨水分解Limestone has a strange property that is dissolves in rain water在数千年的漫长光阴中水的侵蚀深入到岩床的心脏地带Over many thousands of years, water has corrode its way deep into the heart of the bedrock itself 这一自然奇观成为了著名的旅游景点This natural wonder has a famous tourist spot每年的访客数量多达200万人receiving close to 2 million visitors each year中国人特别喜好奇形怪状的岩石The Chinese are fond of curiously shaped rocks并以为嶙峋怪石冠上千奇百怪的名字为乐and many have been given fanciful names但没人来猜测这个块怪石的名字No prices for guessing what this one is called但百闻不如置身这片奇妙山地亲身一见But there is more to this landscape than meets the eye在中国醒目的喀斯特地貌下China has literally thousands of mysterious caverns隐匿着无数的神秘洞穴concealed beneath the visible landscape of the karst这些隐秘世界大多不为世人所知Much of this hidden world has never been seen by human eyes 而现在他们将被展现在世人眼前And it's only just now being explored国南方洞穴不仅用于遮蔽In southern China, caves aren't just used for shelter他们也能为当地人带来恩惠they can be a source of revenue for the community 数代的人持续受到洞穴的恩泽People have been visiting this cave for generations 洞穴地底覆盖了满满鸟粪The cave floor is covered in guano仅仅十分钟时间就能让农人满载而归so plentiful that 10 minutes' work can fill these farmer's baskets这是一种宝贵的天然肥料This used as a valuable source of fertilizer鸟粪的源头能听到河水上空的鸟鸣A clue to the source of the guano can be heard above the noise of the river噪音因为山洞而被放大The sound originates high up in the roof of the cave 入口处聚满了雨燕The entrance is full of swifts他们是社交性动物They are very sociable birds约200000多的共享贵州南部的洞穴more than 200,000 of them share this cave in southern Guizhou province中国最大的雨燕栖息地The biggest swift colony in China如今中国的家燕多数将巢穴建在建筑物的屋顶These days, Chinese house swifts mostly nest in the roofs of buildings但其实在房屋被发明出来之前but rock crevasses like these were their original home 这样的岩缝才是他们原本安家的地方long before houses were invented尽管雨燕依靠洞穴遮蔽Though the swifts depend on the cave for shelter他们却必定在日落前归巢they never stray further than the limits of daylight因为他们的眼睛无法在黑夜中看清事物as their eyes can't see in dark然而洞穴深处However, deep inside the cavern是一群更适应地下other creatures are better equipped隐秘生活的居民for subterranean life一群蝙蝠刚刚醒来 A colony of bats is just waking up他们运用超声波在黑夜中确定自己的方位using ultrasonic squeaks to orientate themselves in the darkness夜晚是狩猎时间Night is the time to go huntingRickett鼠耳蝠是亚洲蝙蝠中唯一Rickett's mouse-eared bat is the only bat in Asia which specializes in catching fishes 通过在水面依靠声波对涟漪的反射追踪游鱼的蝙蝠种tracking them down from the sound reflection of ripples on the water surface这种非凡的技巧仅在数年前被发现This extraordinary behavior was only discovered in the last couple of years现在首次被记录下来展示给世人and has never been filmed before志君：蜿蜒在张家界的山峰间清澈见底的溪流Winding between Zhangjiajie's peaks居住着一种中国最奇怪的生物crystal clear mountain streams are home to what is perhaps China's strangest creature 这种奇异的动物This bizarre animal属于蝾螈的一种is a type of newt中国大鲵the Chinese Giant Salamander在中国它被称之为娃娃鱼In China, it is known as the baby fish这名称源自当他悲伤时发出的类似婴儿哭泣的声音because when distressed, it makes a sound like a crying infant成年体长1~1.5米It grows up to a meter and a half long这使它成为世界上最大的两栖类动物making it the world's largest amphibian在自然条件下一只大鲵可以活到十岁Under natural conditions, a Giant Salamander may live decades但是和很多其他中国动物一样But like so many Chinese animals它被视为美味佳肴it is considered delicious to eat尽管被列为国家级保护动物Despite being classed as protected species大鲵仍然被当作食物非法买卖giant salamanders are still illegally sold for food 现在娃娃鱼已经非常稀有and the baby fish is now rare在自然界濒临灭绝了and endangered in the wild幸运的是在像张家界这样的一些地方Fortunately in a few areas like Zhangjiajie,大鲵在政府的严格保护下得以幸存Giant Salamanders still survive under strict official protection通过适当的措施Given the right help即便是最珍稀的生物也能获得救赎even the rarest creatures can return from the brink 只要我们展现意志If we show the will大自然会为我们找到出路nature will find the way.。